This makes me so happy how much you're enjoying Rilla. One of my all time faves! Also, I'm so glad you have those recliner chairs and I admire how much gratitude you are finding through all this ❤
Oh that is such a lovely lovely story about those recliners, what a blessing. Makes me tear up. Such a selfless wish. ❤ Orley Farm was excellent, one of the very best of Trollope. I hope you enjoy when you get to it!
How beautiful about the chairs. I'm glad you've had some good reading experiences this week and that you're enjoying Rilla! I think it's the Anne book that I have revisited the most over the years.
He reminds me of the boy with a few loaves and fishes. He gave what he had to Jesus and Jesus has multiplied it to attend to the needs of many. This is truly a case in which we adults should all line up behind a child who shows us what true greatness is.
I agree with Katie from Books and Things regarding the wonderful ending to the Palliser series with The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children. The 1970s BBC adaptation of this series is so brilliant too!
Books are our best friends in times of need. So happy to hear that Peter is doing so well, always praying for him and your family. That story about the chairs and the boy was so heartwarming 🥺 I have always felt that when our souls need a hug God gives us a beautiful natural scene to remember that we are not alone, that he is listening to our woes and caring for us ❤
@@MarcelaChandía They absolutely our best friends! Thank you so much for praying for Peter and our whole family! Nature really does feel healing to the soul.
You have me sold on Rilla, but I think I will reread the AoGG series first. It’s been awhile. I loved them and Emily when I was a kid. Before the internet, I never knew that there were more. I always loved Pollyanna for some of the same reasons you mentioned about finding beauty and joy in the not so great times. ❤😀
I loved this update, Kate! And I loved your thoughts on beauty-we would all do very, very well to spend more time pursuing the Transcendentals: truth, goodness, and beauty. They combat discouragement and hopelessness so effectively!
Thanks for the video! Glad to hear Peter's doing well. I enjoy the Civil War balls in Gettysburg but I've never done the tour of the battlefield. I hope you all enjoy your field trip whenever it is.
My husband teaches a class, Geography and History of the World, and he starts off the year with a project to make a map of the town. The diorama made me think of those map skills. It sounds like a good project. Also, all your talk about beauty put me in mind of a podcast episode I listened to from the Just and Sinner podcast featuring an interview on a new book discussing the beatific vision. It was a really good discussion on God's beauty.
@@AmandaJHMorton That sounds like such a cool class! It's such a small world - I went to college with Jordan Cooper (host of Just and Sinner) and his oldest son is our godson!
@@katehowereads Yeah, I wish I could have taken a geography and history of the world class in school. Though I did have some great history teachers, so I wasn't completely missing out. That's cool that you know Dr. Cooper. I'm reading his book on The Doctrine of God now.
I didn’t particularly like The Prime Minister but I REALLY liked The Duke’s Children. I’m with you on the Palliser series. Not my favorite. Love these casual car videos.😊💜
"It did not seem that strife could be in the world." C.S. Lewis says that you're not experiencing only the beauty of nature, but something else coming through the beauty of nature: longing. It's longing for who is behind it and his kingdom. One day, the kingdom of our God and his Christ will break through into this world and strife will ultimately cease. Lewis puts this longing through nature in his character Orual as she wanders the mountains looking for her sister Psyche who has become the bride of the god of the mountain. Have you read "Till We Have Faces?" Orual is the number one, psychologically real fantasy heroine I have ever encountered. She is something of a pagan world Job. I think the book is Lewis at his most Tolkien-like, not because of scope (it's not that long), but because of tone and the evoking of the numinous. He said his wife should have been listed as his collaborator on it.
@@katehowereads You will be well rewarded on both a literary experience level and a deeply spiritual and human one. Among other things, it's an exploration of the kinds of love, including what we tell ourselves is love in our hearts and is really selfishness. It's far ahead - and much, much deeper -- than "Frozen" in having sisters as central characters (although, as in Frozen, one gets far more "screen time." Ever notice we actually see more of Anna than Elsa in Frozen, even though Elsa became the breakout character w/ audiences?) and, as Frozen was made by intent, it focuses on other loves other than romantic, which is present in Till We Have Faces (after all, the god of the Mountain is Eros/Cupid! - but he's pretty much a presence off the page), but it's one of several other kinds of love that often get ignored in our stories, which are also important and deserve some spotlighting in fiction. Frozen is kind of a mash up of Andersen and Christina Rosetti's "Goblin Market" and "Till We Have Faces" is the apex of this sub-genre of what we could label "Sororital Fantasy". IMO, it's by far the best fiction C.S. Lewis ever wrote....and he wrote a lot of good stuff, you know. :)
This makes me so happy how much you're enjoying Rilla. One of my all time faves! Also, I'm so glad you have those recliner chairs and I admire how much gratitude you are finding through all this ❤
Oh that is such a lovely lovely story about those recliners, what a blessing. Makes me tear up. Such a selfless wish. ❤
Orley Farm was excellent, one of the very best of Trollope. I hope you enjoy when you get to it!
@@Movingthebookmark yay!!! So glad you enjoyed Orley Farm!
How beautiful about the chairs.
I'm glad you've had some good reading experiences this week and that you're enjoying Rilla! I think it's the Anne book that I have revisited the most over the years.
🥹 That boy who used his wish for the chairs had such a thoughtful heart! 💗 It's great to hear how excited Peter is about his project.
He reminds me of the boy with a few loaves and fishes. He gave what he had to Jesus and Jesus has multiplied it to attend to the needs of many. This is truly a case in which we adults should all line up behind a child who shows us what true greatness is.
I agree with Katie from Books and Things regarding the wonderful ending to the Palliser series with The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children. The 1970s BBC adaptation of this series is so brilliant too!
Wow. The boy and the chair donation! 😭😭😭😍😍😍
Books are our best friends in times of need. So happy to hear that Peter is doing so well, always praying for him and your family. That story about the chairs and the boy was so heartwarming 🥺 I have always felt that when our souls need a hug God gives us a beautiful natural scene to remember that we are not alone, that he is listening to our woes and caring for us ❤
@@MarcelaChandía They absolutely our best friends! Thank you so much for praying for Peter and our whole family!
Nature really does feel healing to the soul.
You have me sold on Rilla, but I think I will reread the AoGG series first. It’s been awhile. I loved them and Emily when I was a kid. Before the internet, I never knew that there were more. I always loved Pollyanna for some of the same reasons you mentioned about finding beauty and joy in the not so great times. ❤😀
I loooovvvee Rilla of Ingleside. My second favorite in that series, after the first one.
I loved this update, Kate! And I loved your thoughts on beauty-we would all do very, very well to spend more time pursuing the Transcendentals: truth, goodness, and beauty. They combat discouragement and hopelessness so effectively!
@@darrylfriesen Thank you, Darryl! I love that about transcendentals!
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Your reading life is so inspiring to me Kate💖
Ripple effects are endless, for sure ❤
That diorama project sounds really cool. I'm really enjoying these videos.
Thanks for the video! Glad to hear Peter's doing well. I enjoy the Civil War balls in Gettysburg but I've never done the tour of the battlefield. I hope you all enjoy your field trip whenever it is.
@@kimhoot2044 I have heard about the Civil War balls! They sound so cool.
I would be so excited to watch some videos featuring you and Peter!!
@@darrylfriesen I will relay this to him!
My husband teaches a class, Geography and History of the World, and he starts off the year with a project to make a map of the town. The diorama made me think of those map skills. It sounds like a good project. Also, all your talk about beauty put me in mind of a podcast episode I listened to from the Just and Sinner podcast featuring an interview on a new book discussing the beatific vision. It was a really good discussion on God's beauty.
@@AmandaJHMorton That sounds like such a cool class!
It's such a small world - I went to college with Jordan Cooper (host of Just and Sinner) and his oldest son is our godson!
@@katehowereads Yeah, I wish I could have taken a geography and history of the world class in school. Though I did have some great history teachers, so I wasn't completely missing out. That's cool that you know Dr. Cooper. I'm reading his book on The Doctrine of God now.
The diorama sounds like a great project.
Some videos with Peter would be wonderful! I think you’ll really enjoy Phoebe Junior Kate, thanks for another lovely chatty video!
I didn’t particularly like The Prime Minister but I REALLY liked The Duke’s Children. I’m with you on the Palliser series. Not my favorite. Love these casual car videos.😊💜
"It did not seem that strife could be in the world." C.S. Lewis says that you're not experiencing only the beauty of nature, but something else coming through the beauty of nature: longing. It's longing for who is behind it and his kingdom. One day, the kingdom of our God and his Christ will break through into this world and strife will ultimately cease. Lewis puts this longing through nature in his character Orual as she wanders the mountains looking for her sister Psyche who has become the bride of the god of the mountain. Have you read "Till We Have Faces?" Orual is the number one, psychologically real fantasy heroine I have ever encountered. She is something of a pagan world Job. I think the book is Lewis at his most Tolkien-like, not because of scope (it's not that long), but because of tone and the evoking of the numinous. He said his wife should have been listed as his collaborator on it.
@@MicahHarris-k9m Love this comment so much! I have not read Till We Have Faces and I very much want to.
@@katehowereads You will be well rewarded on both a literary experience level and a deeply spiritual and human one. Among other things, it's an exploration of the kinds of love, including what we tell ourselves is love in our hearts and is really selfishness. It's far ahead - and much, much deeper -- than "Frozen" in having sisters as central characters (although, as in Frozen, one gets far more "screen time." Ever notice we actually see more of Anna than Elsa in Frozen, even though Elsa became the breakout character w/ audiences?) and, as Frozen was made by intent, it focuses on other loves other than romantic, which is present in Till We Have Faces (after all, the god of the Mountain is Eros/Cupid! - but he's pretty much a presence off the page), but it's one of several other kinds of love that often get ignored in our stories, which are also important and deserve some spotlighting in fiction. Frozen is kind of a mash up of Andersen and Christina Rosetti's "Goblin Market" and "Till We Have Faces" is the apex of this sub-genre of what we could label "Sororital Fantasy". IMO, it's by far the best fiction C.S. Lewis ever wrote....and he wrote a lot of good stuff, you know. :)
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I totally agree, Phineas is the worst character! The series does get better for the last couple.