tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post96969364133240697..comments2024-03-17T16:30:26.786-07:00Comments on A Fly On My Homeschool Wall: A Week, Briefly (#23)Aflyonmyhomeschoolwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746892667170459729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post-16251417320619355182015-06-01T06:30:58.457-07:002015-06-01T06:30:58.457-07:00Love the pictures and updates!Love the pictures and updates!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212934439705634873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post-87505416193563625262015-05-27T05:03:51.230-07:002015-05-27T05:03:51.230-07:00I'm glad you enjoyed it, Diana. :) No worries...I'm glad you enjoyed it, Diana. :) No worries about spoilers for me because I read it first a year ago. The ups and downs of the Elnora/Edith/Phil situation are giving my girls and me lots to talk about. I am particularly happy with how commitments are just that--commitments! Not to be entered or exited lightly. It's so very different from what we hear and see all around us today.<br /><br />I feel sorry for Edith, too, but it's easy to forget my sympathy because of her self-centered behavior. Aflyonmyhomeschoolwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746892667170459729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post-1795124972749112012015-05-26T21:57:51.582-07:002015-05-26T21:57:51.582-07:00Looks like my comment is gone for good. My apologi...Looks like my comment is gone for good. My apologies!<br /><br />But I wanted to check in again anyway because I forgot to comment about Limberlost! I finished it a few days ago and absolutely loved it. I'm so glad I persevered, because the beginning was just so depressing - I nearly gave up. But it was just tops after that. <br /><br />(Spoiler alert - don't finish reading the comment if you don't want to know about the ending!)<br /><br />As I mentioned before, I was surprised to see worldviews that were - to me - strikingly modern in such an old book. I was continually surprised by that. <br /><br />I was glad to see Phil's fidelity to Edith, and Elnora's determination to play fair (i.e. "hands off!") and do what was right by Edith. In that respect, Elnora reminded me strongly of Jane in Jane Eyre. <br /><br />However, I did think Phil wrong for spending so long (weeks, months) with Elnora and thinking that that was okay just because he had mentioned that he was engaged. There are very few girls who could avoid falling in love even when determined not to! And I, like Edith, wouldn't be too happy to know that my fiancé had been spending every waking minute with another woman for several months. While I did think Edith's behavior at the ball wrong in publicly shaming Phil, I did sympathize with her in her anger (realizing that her fiancé had just publicly embarrassed her in order to get a moth to take to another woman with whom he had spent several months, and whose idea had inspired her gown). It was an interesting study in human nature. <br /><br />Oops, baby crying - I'm off! Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post-80868458393436965302015-05-26T20:31:21.415-07:002015-05-26T20:31:21.415-07:00Ack! I just left a comment, and it got eaten by th...Ack! I just left a comment, and it got eaten by the comment monster! I'll try to check back to see if it reappears, but if it doesn't, rest assured that I did leave lots of "so cute!!" comments about your latest adventures! :)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008923548874422172.post-36554609272408743632015-05-25T07:23:20.936-07:002015-05-25T07:23:20.936-07:00The baby is getting so big! I so miss little baby...The baby is getting so big! I so miss little baby snuggles. This seemed to be the week for garden planting. I am not great at growing things, but the children really enjoy it and we have done ok with a garden the last two years. This year I hope to learn to do some canning. What a difficult thing for your girls to deal with. I will be praying for them and mom and baby as well.The Happy Homeschool Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136745408956594noreply@blogger.com