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Plumfield Moms

We are sisters in Christ who became friends over a shared love of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, found especially in good and great books. Our primary vocation is that of marriage and motherhood, but we feel a secondary call, as educators and homeschool moms, to walk with families who are seeking to help form souls who are capable of responding to the vocation God has called them to. Our objective is to form our children and grandchildren to the best of our ability, and in so doing share what has been

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03:25

Book Review: Snow Treasure

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/05/06

Part of the plan to sneak the gold out right under the noses of the Nazis involves teams of Riswyk children each carrying 75 pounds of gold on their sleds down to a fjord where the crew of a fishing boat waits to load the gold for transportation to America. The plan works seamlessly. Until the snow starts to melt before they have transported half the gold. And until the Nazi Commandant decides the lazy, impudent children need to go back to school. And until the children realize they have been

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04:00

Book Review: The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/05/06

"What child wouldn’t love to discover a living dinosaur in the backyard? What if that dinosaur could talk? That’s what happens to Joey and Joan Brown, freckled, red-headed twelve-year-old twins. On the first few pages of the story, we are made aware of the family Problem."

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05:55

Reflection: Go and Learn What This Means

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/05/04

The Pharisees dogged Jesus so relentlessly they should have known his teachings as well as his disciples did. It’s tragic that they weren’t trying to learn anything from him other than how to discredit him. Have I learned what Jesus meant when he said, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”? It is hard to misunderstand what he means in the first chapter of Isaiah. “‘What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices;’ says the Lord; ‘I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed

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04:19

Book Review: The Remains of the Day

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/22

I found that Downton Abbey and the Jeremy Irons Brideshead Revisited miniseries gave my imagination some kind of scaffolding upon which to understand this very subtle, very restrained, and very sophisticated fictional memoir. To be perfectly frank, I really don’t know what this book is about. I know that it’s about dignity. I know that Mr. Stevens has a great deal of pride and prejudice related to the word dignity and that this book chronicles his awakening into other understandings of the word

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57:12

Our Librarian Life: April 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/17

Picture Book Preschool by Sherry EarlyThe Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss 100 Best Book for Children by Anita Silvey Kristi’s Totes The Card Catalog Biblioguides Online Community Private Lending Library Directory League of Lending Librarians https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/show-notes-our-librarian-life-april-2024/

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12:49

Book Review: Lark by Sally Watson

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/15

“The historical novels Sally Watson has laid in Great Britain and America are separate and complete, yet are united by a family tree. They romp across four centuries, from 1582 London to 1892 Northern California. No one gets a starring role twice, but main characters sometimes reappear in another book in a relatively minor role as grandparent, sibling, cousin, lover or even a wayward eyebrow. The predominant family trait seems to be producing and marrying strong-willed women. Though the protagonists

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03:24

Book Review: The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/08

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier is a compelling historical fiction novel written in 1959 about a Polish family torn apart by the Second World War and, happily, reunited afterwards.

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05:50

Reflection: You Lengthen the Steps I Can Take

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/06

"When I feel inadequate for the tasks I’m called to, isn't that right where I need to be? It’s only with God’s help that, when called upon, I will be able to run through a whole troop of men, even if they’re all staring at me. With the shield of salvation and God’s right hand to hold me up, I’ll be able to cover more and more ground with my ever-lengthening strides without turning an ankle. As for God, his way is perfect, the word of Adonai has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in

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Our Reading Life: April 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/03

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (The Bruce Coville retelling is out of print.) The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare Shakespeare Story Book: Folk Tales that Inspired the Bard by Patrick Ryan Let's Play Math by Denise Gaskins A Long Road on a Short Day by Gary D. Schmidt Gary D. Schmidt Saturday by Oge Mora Raccoons are the Brightest People by Sterling North The Call of the Wild by Jack London White Fang by Jack London Wundersmith: The Calling of

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06:47

Book Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/04/01

Despite being an English major at Hillsdale College, I had never read Frankenstein. Truthfully, I had always avoided it. I thought it was just a gothic novel, like Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, and I hated that book. I also hated Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. I just do not care for ghost stories or creepy stories of any kind. I can read Flannery O’Connor and beg for more, but not creepy stories about ghosts or monsters. This is not a story about a

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05:04

Book Review: The Stout Hearted Seven

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/25

Wow! What a story! I would have been impressed if The Stout-Hearted Seven had been fiction. To know that it is non-fiction is exhilarating and tragic all at the same time. Reading true stories like this makes things like Marvel movies seem ridiculous. True courage and fortitude are not found in superheroes with capes but in stout-hearted people with a will to follow God’s leading and their own conviction. I read the Sterling Point reprint of the original text written by Neta Lohnes Frazier. Frazier

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05:53

Reflection: This Changes Everything

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/23

At the moment Jesus yielded up his spirit, onlookers were mocking him. The land had been in darkness for three hours in the middle of the day. At the moment of Jesus' death, the veil in the temple was torn in two and there was a rock-splitting earthquake. Tombs were opened and dead saints came out of them after Jesus’ resurrection. Events were so startling that even the pagan Roman soldiers on guard said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” When Jesus’ disciples realized he had really died, they must

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Book Review: From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/18

This book is an exquisite introduction to the world-changing advent of machine-printed books. It would also be an excellent starting point for a discussion with older children. Every invention that has been hailed as progress by many has also been met with dire warnings by some. Ancient philosophers cautioned that writing would be the ruin of man’s memory, and in some ways, that has proven true.

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Our Librarian Life: March 2024 with Kristi Stansfield...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/12

Join us for the March episode of Our Librarian Life. In addition to Kristi a nd Sherry, this month we are joined by Sarah Kim and Tanya Arnold to talk about what Biblioguides is and how we use it as librarians. Check out the Show Notes Here: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/?p=18537

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Book Review: Seth of Colorado by James Otis

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/11

Written in 1912 by James Otis, this compelling story about the settling of the West was written for children aged approximately 8-12 years old. The reading level is comparable to something like a “Childhood of Famous Americans” book whereas the point of view is something like the “We Were There” books. While Seth is fictional, Otis tells us, through the character of Seth, about the creation of Denver, Colorado as if he were giving us a real first-person

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01:05:11

Our Reading Life: March 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/06

The Glorious Folly by Louis de WohlThe Spear by Louis de Wohl Ben Hur by Lew Wallace The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas Slave Boy in Judea by Josephine Sanger Lau Biblioguides Online Community The Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell Helping Children Write by Mauree Applegate The First Book of Language and How to Use It by Mauree Applegate The First Books Nevermoor: The Trials of Morgan Crow by Jessica Townsend The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Ni:elsen Words

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05:40

Book Review: Paint the Wind

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/04

While checking my county library catalog for Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Echo, the description of Paint the Wind caught my eye because the story takes place in Wyoming. I’m always a little skeptical about stories supposed to take place in Wyoming, but I remembered, from years ago, that Muñoz’s Esperanza Rising was surprisingly good. Echo, which I read recently, is very good. With nothing much demanding my time on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, I picked up Paint the Wind and read the entire book before

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Book Club: Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen with...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/03/01

Words On Fire by Jennifer A. NielsenPlumfield Reads Guide, Words on Fire Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace Plumfield Reads Guides Plumfield Reads Guide, Resistance

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Book Review: Anson's Way

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/02/26

When the story opens, Anson Staplyton, drummer boy, is aboard ship on his way to Ireland from England where he will take his place as the seventh Staplyton to keep the king’s peace in the Staffordshire Fencibles. He has been waiting all his life to follow in the footsteps of his forefathers and win glory in battle defending the king’s realm.Though Anson longs for glory in battle, his first assignments are anything but glorious. First, he witnesses a hedge master receiving thirty lashes, which is

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Reflection: When Jesus Says, Come!

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/02/24

If I’ve been under the wrong impression about what I can expect from a life committed to Jesus, I haven’t been listening. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake” (Mat. 24:9 ESV). “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18 ESV). Why would I come to Jesus when he promises so many hard things? Because he has the words of life!

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