Literature

Grandpa Visits Green Gables 5
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- September 17, 2025
Recently a friend with stellar taste in literature was taken aback when she learned I’d never read any of L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” books. In my parenting days, my daughter and her Atlanta cousin both devoured as many of these stories as they could get their hands on, and two of my granddaughters,
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On Contentment and Ceaseless Prayer 25
- Culture, Featured, Literature, Religion, Uncategorized
- September 4, 2025
In American writer Wendell Berry’s novel “Hannah Coulter,” the titular character reflects as she grows older on her upbringing and her adult life. She also thinks often about her adult children, who have all moved away from their home and their widowed mother. In one significant section of reflection on the past and its failures,
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A Touch of Glass and Aesop 27
- Education, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- July 17, 2025
Milon Townsend has worked in glass his entire adult life, turning out everything from jewelry to beautiful figurines over the last 50 years, devoting part of his time to sharing his knowledge with others. His work has appeared in museums and galleries, and he’s made hundreds of appearances selling his wares or teaching his craft
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1,000 Good Books to (Slowly) Consider 36
- Education, Featured, History, Literature, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- July 14, 2025
I’m a sucker for books about books and book lists. On my shelves are titles like Gladys and Mark Hunt’s “Honey for a Child’s Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life”; George and Karen Grant’s “Shelf Life”; and James Mustich’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die.” Give me a cup of coffee,
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A Short Reading List That Every American Adult Should Tackle 13
- Education, Entertainment, Featured, Literature, Politics, Uncategorized
- July 7, 2025
If you’re like me, you’ve probably had some point in your life where you knew it was time to stop scrolling through your phone, put all screens far from you, and nail your pants to a chair with the hard copy of a book in your hands. But even when the hearty among us resolve
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Do Yourself a Favor and Memorize a Poem 21
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- June 30, 2025
Several times a year I require my students to memorize a poem. Sometimes I choose for them (say, “Death Be Not Proud,” by John Donne). Sometimes I hand them an anthology and let them choose. I don’t explain rhyme scheme or poetic devices. I only ask that the students know the meaning of every word
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