Week 8 (2023)
whole education & the female intellect, Austin's transformation & time-bound dating, homesteading & buying as giving, parental seizures & depression, confession & lent
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reading: books
The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky — audio (translation by Alan Myers) — Listening to this playlist of discussion videos helped make sense of the story. (If you want to delve into The Brothers Karamazov, I recommend Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson's series of teaching videos.)
reading: essays, articles, newsletters
The Astonishing Transformation Of Austin — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker (audio version available) — An incredibly fascinating deep dive. My husband went to UT Austin and I have fond memories visiting the city when I lived in San Antonio from 2013-2016.
Seizing Fatherhood — John Mark Guerra, Ekstasis — “And yet, there is this lurking fear deep within me that I won’t be able to be the kind of dad I want to be. Not just because my ideals are unrealistic, but because I know what it’s like to see a future hoped for become relegated to matters of grief.”
Curing Depressed Humans, Not Nervous Systems — Sofia Carozza & Maria Graziano, Church Life Journal — “If depression is not only a bodily ailment, what kind of attack might it inflict on the soul?”
Devotion To Whole Education: Booker T. Washington — Christine Norvell, Front Porch Republic — “He was concerned, as I am, to educate the whole person of the student, not merely to train children to someday earn a good salary or support themselves.”
To Buy Is To Give — Hadden Turner, Over The Field — “We can reverse the trend. We need to remind ourselves and others that buying quality is not always a luxury, sometimes it is a necessity, not for us but for those whom we buy from.”
Grandpa Had It Right — Kyle Ripley, Hearth & Field — “But if you create a way of life that allows you to live with a little more freedom, there’s a joy in that.”
The (Female) Intellectual Life — Abigail Wilkinson Miller, The Public Discourse — “Thus, many of the contributors to With All Her Mind provide in their essays practical advice and encouragement for cultivating the intellectual life amid the demands of children and families.”
(related: Rachel Bulman interview w/ Haley Stewart and Letters To Women, shared previously.)
On Home — Bethany Joy (audio versions available) — Delved into the archives of this “radical homemaker, renegade PhD”.
No Hookups, No 'Talking,' And No Breakups: A Better Way to Date — Charles E. Stokes, Institute For Family Studies — “Time-bound commitments replace casual hookups with clear promises, transform “talking” into making progress, and remove the ever-present threat of breaking up.”
Why We Confess — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Hedgehog Review (audio version available) — “If Augustine’s Confessions was about reconciling a man with his neighbors and to God, and Rousseau’s about healing society, this third, gendered form of confessional literature is accomplishing neither.”
Remember You Are Dust — Tsh Oxenreider, The Commonplace — “In a world that celebrates indulging our whims whenever we want, it’s countercultural to practice the traditions of Lent.”
(related: Why Do We Celebrate Lent?)
watching/listening
With All Her Mind: Rachel Bulman interview w/ Haley Stewart — There’s a bunch of ladies in this book I admire.
(related: Rachel Bulman interview on Letters To Women, shared previously.)
Beyonce And The Necessity Of Wisdom — Jackie Hill Perry — And the version on YouTube if that’s preferable.
Continuing On:
Managing Your Fertility with Bridget Busacker — Episode 41 — Let’s Talk About The Messiness Of NFP.
Verity with Phylicia Masonheimer — Episodes 44-45 — Is Easter Pagan? and Ask Anything Q&A.
using: product, tip, resource
This contact solution & case — It’s been a saga ever since Augustin was born (over 4 months ago) trying to figure out why I couldn’t wear my contacts anymore without a scratchy, light-sensitive, bright red flare-up. This solution has made it possible again.
These grow lights, heat mats, seed starting inserts and trays. — Set up our system with the help of Jakob.
(related: Bailey Van Tassel on types of seeds, organization, and seed companies.)
remembering
One Year Ago:
Two Years Ago:
This Week:
Thank you for this post - it led me to the discovery of Front Porch Republic, which has lots of essays right up my alley. I just posted "How to Train Sheeple - A crash course in John Taylor Gatto' educational machine resistance" which resonates with the 'Devotion to Whole Education' essay you linked. Thanks:)