Category Archives: Stories of Home

The Art of Conversation at the Thanksgiving Table

Posted on November 22, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Classical Conversations just republished an article of mine on Throwback Thursday, that widely popular gift to harried editors.  They get a reprieve from chasing down temperamental writers one day a week, and good articles get another airing. A few years … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on “A Snowy Evening”

Posted on November 17, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Rain falls on the tin roof outside my office window. No snow tonight; it isn’t even in the forecast for the week. Nevertheless, I am thinking of snow, as I have been reading Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Unintended Good

Posted on November 13, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Well, the Affordable Care Act has finally convinced us to work within a budget!  If we are going to be able to afford health insurance in a few years (we certainly can’t now), we need to figure out how to … Continue reading →

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Black and White

Posted on November 10, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

Back when Robbo and I were new parents, I used to host poetry parties.  I believed life was more than work, food, and sleep, and that our souls needed to be fed on poetry in the company of good friends. … Continue reading →

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Reading Aloud to a Reluctant Family

Posted on November 3, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

I love words. I love what some people can do with them, and the blogs I follow are such writers. They inspire me. One of them is The Gluten Free Girl and the Chef. On November 1, 2013 she posted … Continue reading →

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Exhausted

Posted on October 13, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

I was so empty today I wanted to skip church, but lacking a real illness I went anyway. It was good to see my church family, a set of rascally siblings I call home, but still, I was glad to … Continue reading →

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Faith is Not Enough

Posted on October 7, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

There I was, in church, listening to the sermon and struck by a discord. The presentation of the basic evangelical message clashed with the message I was mulling over from The Emperor’s Club. Both spoke of a way of life. … Continue reading →

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Man in the Moon, God in the Sun

Posted on September 12, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

I write once a month for the Classical Conversations blog, and that exercise just about uses up all my free writing time!  Today’s post here is a link to my post there. https://www.classicalconversations.com/easyblog/man-in-the-moon-god-in-the-sun George Herbert’s poem “The Church-porch” got me … Continue reading →

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The Mandala Fellowship in Florence

Posted on September 2, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

My friends, you simply must see what my son is writing about as his fellowship lives in Florence for two weeks.  He is the official spokesman for the Mandala Fellowship, an extension of Classical Conversations for students seeking the next … Continue reading →

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Isn’t Life Wonderful??

Posted on August 30, 2013 by lettersfromheartscontent

My own children astound me as I work with them on their assignments. I see their giftings come forward. Daughter wants her timeline to be a spreadsheet rather than a line across a two page spread, because orderliness matters to … Continue reading →

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