Trivium Pursuit Blog
The Carder Method for Painting in Oil
My sister Ronna Morse is learning a new technique for painting in oil. It's called the Carder Method.
Genuine Ancient History
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Photo of the Day — Monday
Dahlia from my garden
End-of-April Book Sale
Our most recent issue of Homeschooling with the Trivium lists the new Trivium Pursuit price increases along with details of the End-of-April Book Sale.
Ancient Snakes and Other Creatures
Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 17.89.1-6 and 17.90.1, 4-7 [Concerning Alexander the Great in India] Written in the first century B.C. 89. [1] Many were slain in their flight, but then Alexander, satisfied with his brilliant victory, ordered the trumpets to sound...
Bless the Lord
Julia Phillips enjoying The Story of Mr. Pippin.
What is the oldest book?
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Read-Aloud Book List
Our Family Highlights, Creekwood Chronicles, Daddy Pundit, and others have posted reviews of our new edition of Hand That Rocks the Cradle: 400 Classic Books for Children. Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement.
Flute and Piano
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Winner of EBay Auction
Octavio Adams, Saudi Arabia, wins eBay auction of Johannah Stanford's painting We are very happy that we won the auction. Octavio turned four years on March 4th, and this painting is his official 4th birthday gift. This is the first original piece of art that Octavio...
Trivium Pursuit Sale – April 7-12
From April 7-12 if you purchase $50 or more from the Trivium Pursuit Catalog or from our scratch/dent/used book list you will receive a copy of our new ebook A Review of English Grammar for Students of Biblical Greek and Other Ancient Languages: A Thorough Self-Study...
This Week
Today was my birthday and it was a wonderful day. On Wednesday last week my hard drive crashed and that same day our county-wide wireless ISP kind of went crazy. Without a computer, everything pretty much stopped for us these past seven days. I've read 15 Readers...
Baby and Book
At her web site Literaritea Megan E. Saben reviews some of Johannah's picture books.
Winter
We received a most beautiful springtime card in the mail yesterday. It brightened up our day considerably. I hope warm weather comes soon. Helena can't get out in the yard to work, so she stays in the living room ordering flower bulbs. She has ordered from four...
New Edition of Hand That Rocks the Cradle Now Available
Hand That Rocks the Cradle: 400 Classic Books for Children by Nathaniel Bluedorn For more than fifteen years, homeschooling parents have used Hand That Rocks the Cradle as their guide through the mass of classic and modern children's fiction to find the truly great...
Suggestions on how to treat your adult children…
Suggestions on how to treat your adult children: 1. The majority of the time that you are talking with your adult child, you should be doing the listening, not the talking. Real and attentive listening. Respectful listening -- not appearing to be listening or thinking...
Big sister and little brother “reading” one of our favorite books…
Big sister and little brother "reading" one of our favorite books My Mommy, My Teacher Attached is a picture of my children looking at the wonderful illustrations in Johannah's book My Mommy, My Teacher. The vivid colors and rich detail on every page are simply...
Mathematical Contests
The Classical Mommy is holding a series of mathematical contests -- with lots of prizes!!
Frontinus — What’s Wrong With This Picture Contest
Read here below the excerpts from On Water. The first person to tell us "What's Wrong With This Picture" wins a copy of The Fallacy Detective. Leave your guess in the comments section here. Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus) C. A.D. 40-103 Frontinus was a Roman...
A reminder about the bidding on eBay….
Here's another image from the children's picture book Bless the Lord: The 103rd Psalm by Johannah Bluedorn. There are two more days left to bid on the original painting we have listed on eBay.
Strabo
Excerpt from Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn Strabo c. 66 b.c.-a.d. 24 Strabo was a Greek historian and geographer writing in the early days of the Roman Empire under the first two Roman emperors, Augustus and...
Will Winter Never End?
What's the weather like where you live?
Photo of the Day — Saturday
Johannah and Dulce
Christian Filmmakers 24-hour Film Contest
You can now view the results of the Christian Filmmakers 24-hour Film Contest. Each of the 72 videos have been scored and commented on.
Adam and Johannah’s New House
Original Painting by Johannah Stanford Now Listed on Ebay
The following original watercolor has been listed on ebay. The auction ends March 10. by Johannah Bluedorn This watercolor painting was created in December, 2004 and is done on heavy watercolor paper. It is not framed. The paper measures 9 X 12 3/16, and the actual...
Video Review of The Lord Builds the House
Luke and Miles Patenaude like to hear their mommy Heather read The Lord Builds the House: The 127th Psalm.
Contest Winners
Here are our Trivium Pursuit contest winners!! Sorry for the delay in posting these. All I can say is, it's been a long winter, the roads are still icy, and the tow trucks are making a lot of money. Jessica Phillips, Santa Clarita, CA Mary Smith, Tulsa OK Alicia A....
Original Painting by Johannah Stanford to Be Auctioned
Sometime next week we will offer at auction (eBay) an original watercolor painting by Johannah Stanford. This painting is one of the pictures in her book Bless the Lord: The 103rd Psalm. Bidding will start at $100.
A True Statesman — Ron Paul
You can read his complete biography on Wikipedia.