Meanderings, musings and material concerning classical education, homeschooling, books, homemaking and the Christian life...whatever pops into Chris' mind...
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Ain't it so...
“Shut a healthy pig up in a small sty, and give him as much food as he is willing to eat, and you ensure his rapid pinguescence.”
~Thomas Watson, Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic
"Pinguesence" is this week's Weird Word from the World Wide Words site. If you don't get their weekly e-mail updates, I highly recommend them!
A homeschool mom-alumni who enjoys teaching and learning about lots of things, including classical education, writing, worldviews, music, and the Bible.
A Christmas Carol by Chrles Dickens (completed 12-10) Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brien (completed 12-10) The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (completed 12-10) In The Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith (completed 11-10) Peace Like a River by Lief Enger (completed 11-10) Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (completed 11-10) Post-Captain by Patrick O'Brien (completed 10-10) The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan (completed 10-10) The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (completed 9-10) The Writer's Workshop: Imitating Your Way to Better Writing by G. Roper (completed 9-10) Greenmantle by John Buchan (completed 8-10) Eragon by Christopher Paolini (completed 7-10) The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (completed 7-10) The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwardsby Steven Lawson (completed 6-10) Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy L. Simmons (completed 6-10) When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...or Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert (completed 5-10) The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (completed 5-10) The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilo (completed 4-10) Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (Completed 4-10) The Ball and the Cross by G. K. Chesterton (completed 4-10) The Divine Comedy by Dante Aleghieri (completed 4-10) The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan (completed 3-10) The Broker by John Grisham (completed 2-10) Whose Body by Dorothy Sayers (completed 1-10)
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