January 17, 2006
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Lap-sitters, Lady-Day, and Licentious Leanings
What do you do when you don’t have a child small enough to want to
crawl up on your lap and still fit there? Rachel is six, and she still
fits fine. I was just thinking about that problem today when
Rachel crawled onto my lap for our prayer time. I’ve had a
lap-dweller for the past fourteen years. I’ll miss it when it’s all
gone. I suppose that’s why people have small dogs and grandchildren.Thank you for your book ideas. Actually, I have The Undomestic Goddess
in my pile of books from the library! I don’t know what it is I
am looking for. I’m like that crabby toddler who stomps and rages and
demands everything because she doesn’t know what it is she really
wants. (Which just might be a nap…) I’d appreciate
recommendations in all genre (genres?).I’ve begun a Beth Moore book study, Seeking Him,
as a ladies’ Sunday school class at church. There is a wonderful
prayer list in the book which takes different areas of our lives and
asks leading questions. Are you quick to repent? Would you
be willing to give up all sin for God? Do you keep your eyes and mind
pure by not reading books or watching movies or TV which would not
honor God? It’s convicting, but I think that we (I) must act on our
convictions for them to be effective. It’s just not enough to feel it.
We must also act upon it.Tonight, the kids are so excited because we are going to watch an hour
long History Channel movie on Christopher Columbus. “Is it a
reenactment or is it just some guy saying, ‘Christopher Columbus
lived…’” asked Libby with a deadpan drone for the narrator. Ah,
can’t you feel the joy and pulsing pleasure those children have in the
evening’s plans?I finally finished reading What Jane Austen Ate and What Charles Dickens Knew
by Daniel Pool. It was a great book, and I highly recommend it
for anyone who enjoys 19th century England, history in general, or 19th
century English authors.The book is composed of two parts. The first is a topical overview of
all aspects of everyday life and society in 1800s England. What
did they eat? How did they farm? How did they keep clean? Who had a
higher social standing? What did the poor and the orphans do? All
of these questions and many more are answered in an easy-to-read and
entertaining way. The second part of the book is a glossary
of terms which might be unfamiliar to the reader of 2006. When is
Lady-Day? What’s a costermonger? What exactly is a
pelisse? This second section would be particularly useful if one
needed to look up an unfamiliar term while reading Dickens or Austen or
any of the many other 19th century writers.
I think I just might buy that book.
Comments (5)
I realize I run the risk of sounding like a shameless name dropper, but really I just enjoy goofing around with the whole “six degrees of separation” concept. Here goes: Beth Moore’s office is across the hall from our orthodontist (where I spend many happy hours perusing all the latest gossip mags while my children are being tortured). One time Beth was in the waiting room with me and we had a lovely conversation.
So there you go! Mary to Renee, Renee to Beth – just 2 degrees!
I a big fan of low/high, budget doc. would even be bored with CC doc! I do miss your Thursday night Bible Studies…I hope you enjoy this one, even if old friends aren’t there.
The book sounds great, hope you guys enjoyed the movie. Too bad I didn’t see this earlier we could have watched. Have a blessed night.
Okay. Here is my suggestion: G.K. Chesterton. Have you read any of his works? I think you would like the Father Brown mysteries. He is brilliant. He is funny. He is immensely entertaining. He is deep. He brings the same sort of adventure in some of the movies you like so much. I found a website called The American Chesterton Society. You can go there to get started and to learn more about him. Ben and I are reading a book that has been highly rated: “The Man who was Thursday” and I hope to read more. I think it would be great fun to read a book together with you. Of course, you would finish it way sooner than I do. I am planning a blogring on the Great Books.
I can’t believe you didn’t get my mail. You will just have to check my page from time to time. I do that with my subscriptions. I just go down the list and check each one to see if there is anything new. It only takes a minute. I do it because they are slow about sending the updates to me. If I wait to get them in the email box and then reply, it’s a little late. The person has already made another post!
This has me wondering, though . . . Did you receive my invitation to join my blogrings? You don’t have to join. I just wanted to know you received the invitation. If not, just look in my sidebar. I would love to have you in any of the ones I created. I couldn’t find the blogrings I wanted, so I just started them myself.
Most of my light, entertaining reading was done B.C. (Before children). I remember liking the book “I Capture the Castle” very much. I never saw the movie, I was afraid they’d ruin it. Anything by Carol Ryrie Brink, “Winter Cottage” comes to mind… I think it’s by her, but it wasn’t my favorite of her books. I can’t remember the authors, but “The White Room” is interesting if you can find it, or “Thorntree Meadow”. I just had a similar experience looking for a mystery to read. I went into the book store and it had been so long since I had read for pleasure I had no clue which author to pick. I told the clerk I didn’t want to start reading and get interested only to find myself knee deep in sex. Agatha Christie is safe, but they had none by her. I liked “Patriot Games” and “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy, I still have “Debt of Honor” to read. Mr. M was up till all hours with that one. His later ones are too vulgar. I usually read for information, and “Shadow Syndromes” was fascinating. There’s a book about adult ADD by Hallowell that is very good, if I could only think of the title. It was a revelation to me. Saw you subscribed, Welcome! I look forward to getting to know you.