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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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01:10:38

Author Interview: SD Smith 2021 Conversation in...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/11

This is another one from the archives. Have you ever heard our conversation with SD Smith in the Potato Peel Pie Book group? Check out our SD Smith page on our website: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/s-d-smith/

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Book Review: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/09

Swallows and Amazons, written by Arthur Ransome in 1930, is one of the most perfect children’s adventure novels I have ever read. My only regret is in taking so darn long to get to it. Despite being a reader and lover of English children’s literature, somehow I never knew about Swallows and Amazons until I started homeschooling. When I sampled it, I knew that the literary value was extremely high, but I wasn’t in a place where I could appreciate the adventure of it all. I wasn’t feeling well back

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04:35

Book Review: Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/09

Shipwrecked cover What a coincidence that Shipwrecked was donated to my library just as Sara and I were putting the finishing touches on our Kensuke’s Kingdom book club packet, for which we are using this same cover! In the Author’s Note for Shipwrecked, Blumberg says she became fascinated with Manjiro while doing research for her book about Commodore Perry. “Instead of accounts of landmark events and world-famous leaders, here is the story of a poor fisher boy who became a famous

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Book Review: The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/09

Captain Kidd was commissioned to capture pirates and, as Britain was perpetually at war with France, he was also authorized to capture French ships. This type of venture could be extremely profitable for everyone involved in the voyage, from the financial backers to individual sailors, as each of them would receive some percentage of the take. But somehow, Kidd was able to sail for months in pirate-infested waters and never encounter a pirate. This meant the crew was away from home working for

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Our Librarian Life: August 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/04

Join us for a rambunctious conversation about book clubs, summer projects, and fall programs in the libraries. Show Notes: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/show-notes-our-librarian-life-aug-2024/

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Book Review: Doomsday by Connie Willis

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/09/02

Connie Willis is a master storyteller who loves old movies (and new movies) almost as much as she loves great literature. Consequently, her storytelling is richly visual, and when reading, it often feels like I am watching a movie in my mind. In 1992, she crafted a novel that was set in 2054 as well as during the Medieval Bubonic Plague. I read the Doomsday Book in February and March of 2020. Actually, I finished reading it a mere four to six hours before my husband called to tell me that the

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Reflection: They Set Up Their Own Signs for Signs

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/31

"When God was leading his people through the wilderness and laying down his laws, he gave instructions for things that were to be set up for worshiping him and remembering his deeds. He gave detailed directions for setting up the tabernacle. Often, he commanded an altar or monument to be set up as a sign or memorial. God knows we need tangible reminders, but he was always specific that these be set up at his direction.Serious problems arose when God’s people started setting things up on their own

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01:17:04

Author Interview: S. D. Smith Talks About New Book...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/30

In this lively interview with S. D. Smith, we chat about his new book: The Found Boys. We also talk a little bit about his most recent release, the sequel to Jack Zulu, Jack Zulu And The Girl With The Golden Wings. As things so often do when we chat with Sam, we dug into some of the big cultural questions that we are all facing today. You can pre-order The Found Boys here: https://sdsmith.com/foundboys/ You can find Sara's review of The Found Boys here:

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Book Review: Jane of Lantern Hill

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/26

"Despite some over-the-top incidents, such as Jane being instrumental in capturing an escaped circus lion, she is a loveable character. Montgomery gives her some unbelievable wisdom and talents for a girl her age, which isn’t unusual for Montgomery’s heroines. Bringing Jane’s parents together because of a life-threatening illness is an awfully tired device, one that has been used by some of the best authors. In the end, the good people are happy and the not-so-good people get their come-uppance,

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09:11

Book Review: The Found Boys by S. D. Smith

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/26

The Found Boys by S. D. Smith is an exciting and interesting story about ordinary boys growing up in two churches on either side of the river in 1980s West Virginia. Scott and Tommy are white boys from Valley Baptist Church who like to jump off of swings, shoot hoops, run along the shoreline, and chase after adventure. Dooley is a black kid from Mt. Zion Baptist church who likes to do pretty much the same things. When the boys agree not to fight over their differences but instead join together on a

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01:04:25

Author Interview: M. I. McAllister of The Mistmantle...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/20

This is a re-release of an old favorite: our interview with M. I. (Margi) McAllister of the Mistmantle Chronicles. It has been about two years since this interview aired. The original interview was broken into two episodes. Our new audio engineer (Sara's son Michael) took some time this summer to clean up the sound and trim the interview so that it fits better into just one episode. We hope that you like this lovely interview with the most lovely Margi McAllister. Check out all things Mistmantle

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Book Review: The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/19

I was wrong. The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin is not cheesy. It is, in fact, quite lovely. I must have been in a mid-winter funk when I read it the first time. This time, I was quite taken with it. Now, that said, it is not as strong as The Librarian Spyor The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, or my real favorites, Blackout and All Clear. But, it is absolutely lovely and a fun read that I will re-read

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Reflection: It's Black and White

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/17

"Contrary to the shrill voices we hear from the world more loudly every day, John says, “I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth” (2:21). The definition of truth hasn’t changed. The Greek word for truth is aletheia. It is “the unveiled reality lying at the basis of and agreeing with an appearance.” In 1828, Noah Webster defined it as “conformity to fact and reality.” The 1984 edition of Webster’s says truth is “conformity to

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Book Review: The Big Jump and Other Stories

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/12

“In the old days, no one but a King could have a dog for a pet.” One day one of the King’s dogs runs to a boy named Ben and doesn’t want to go back to the King. Ben wants to keep the dog, but he knows only a King can have a dog, so he asks what he would have to do to become a King. I won’t tell you how he does it, but “that is how Ben came to have a dog in the days when no one but a King could have one.” The full title of the book is The Big Jump and Other Stories. The next story is called

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03:36

Book Review: Mooses with Bazookas by S. D. Smith

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/05

I have had ten copies of Mooses with Bazookas in my library since it was released last fall, and all of them are constantly checked out. As one copy gets returned, someone grabs it out of the return pile and asks to have it checked back in immediately so they can check it out themselves. If you search my TinyCat account right now (while I am writing this) you will see that there is one copy available. And, it is only available because I stole it from circulation so I could finally write this review

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05:48

Reflection: Kindness and Severity

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/08/03

"We see expressions of God’s kindness in the Psalms with words such as lovingkindness, mercy, goodness and faithfulness. Note, however, that David and other writers often plead with this same God to shame their enemies. They expect him to break the teeth of the wicked and melt them like wax."

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Book Review: Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/07/29

"When American men began to go to war by the hundreds of thousands, women took up the slack. They filled the jobs men left open, planted Victory Gardens, sold war bonds, worked with the Red Cross, and conserved food and fuel. But women had never been allowed in the army. They didn’t even have the right to vote.These women went to war anyway. They loved their country and wanted to help win the war and to support the boys in the trenches. They faced the dangers and hardships of war without

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Book Review: Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers by...

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/07/22

Fans of The Green Ember and Mistmantle will be delighted with Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers by Kevin T. Ford! This new middle-grade fantasy series starter is beautifully written and tells the kind of story that we love being inside of while reading and want to return to once we are done. Not only does this exciting story have interesting world-building, lovable characters, and beautiful language, but it also builds well and is accompanied by lovely illustrations by Michael

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01:06:01

Our Reading Life: July 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/07/21

Welcome to our July 2024 episode of Our Reading Life where we chat with our dear friends, Tanya Arnold and Sarah Kim from Biblioguides about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here!Tanya’s References Let’s Play Math by Denise Gaskins The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin Sarah Kim’s References Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Glowrushes by Robert Piumini One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome Sara Masarik’s References Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers by Kevin T. Ford The Green Ember

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Our Librarian Life: July 2024

Plumfield Moms ·

2024/07/17

Welcome to our July 2024 episode of Our Librarian Life where we chat with our dear librarian friends, Kristi Stansfield and Sherry Early, about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here!In this episode, we chat about what happens when everything suddenly changes - whether it is from a need to close for a while due to renovations, injury, or something in another part of our lives that causes major upheaval. Check out the Show Notes here:

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