by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 11, 2012 | Art, Art/Poetry Study, Literature
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman, 1865 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 6, 2012 | Art, Art/Poetry Study, Literature
Loveliest of Trees by A. E. Housman (1859–1936) Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2012 | Literature, Reading Aloud
The following is a response from one of our readers to Kelly — concerning her son not liking to read. Hello Kelly, I thought I might post this to give you some encouragement. My oldest son, now a 21-year-old college student, sounds just like your son. We...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 28, 2012 | Children's Books, History, Literature
Could you recommend a good read-aloud about the life of Martin Luther? Someone gave us a book about him, but it is more like a textbook, which doesn’t make for interesting read-aloud sessions — for any of us! L.J. Here’s my favorite Martin Luther...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jul 22, 2012 | Classical Education, Literature
I am searching to know why I ought to teach my children Greek and Roman mythology — including memorizing the names of the Greek and Roman gods, reading literature such as the Iliad and Odyssey, as well as many other works written by the Roman Empire writers,...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 11, 2011 | Literature
Update on William Clark Russell research from John Addy — # 3, Dec, 2011 1. Clark Russell’s 3-vol ‘The Hunchback’s Charge’ sold for £12,500 at Sotheby’s 2010. In The Book Collector for Autumn 1965, Robert Lee Wolff said this book was ‘issued in a very small...
