tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.comments2024-03-16T12:33:09.741-05:00<center>Landscape Plotted and Pieced</center>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comBlogger688125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-35302153065589858572023-10-06T19:36:32.755-05:002023-10-06T19:36:32.755-05:00Hi Kelly - I'm just now seeing this post and I...Hi Kelly - I'm just now seeing this post and I so enjoy this kind of thing. I checked all of my books and couldn't find the snail in any of them. I did find online that snails were associated with laziness or sloth, which goes along with your idea of spiritual warfare. I like that idea because it works well in both of the pictures you posted. The first, that he's waging battle against sloth and in the bottom, that he's praying for help to overcome it.Kelly Bondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-60932653588629467832023-05-20T20:23:24.052-05:002023-05-20T20:23:24.052-05:00Thanks! It's been such a joy reading Spenser a...Thanks! It's been such a joy reading Spenser and sharing him with others. I'm glad what I wrote has been helpful. I've read the chapter on Sidney and Spenser in Lewis's Oxford History, plus he has very helpful chapters on Spenser in his Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature and The Allegory of Love. Happy reading! Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-56081034191662244612023-05-20T19:59:34.466-05:002023-05-20T19:59:34.466-05:00You could assemble a book yourself of all the mate...You could assemble a book yourself of all the material and experience you have gathered -- I can't say strongly enough how much I admire you! I wish I had known about <i>The Faerie Queene</i> when I was teaching my children. But if I had been reading blogs like yours I don't know how I could have accomplished all those years of homeschooling... <br /><br />Recently, through rereadings of <i>The Ransom Trilogy</i>, I have become interested in Lewis's great work on medieval literature, so the idea of reading Spenser has come to me from other places than your blog. But here I find all the encouragement I need, so practical and hopeful, to at least read it myself. Thank you, thank you, for all the joy you radiate, that urges me on.GretchenJoannahttp://gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-2038574058049453222023-02-23T18:39:38.895-06:002023-02-23T18:39:38.895-06:00I've heard good things about that edition too....I've heard good things about that edition too. Best wishes on your journey!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-76247908611165980522023-02-23T13:25:09.246-06:002023-02-23T13:25:09.246-06:00I read aloud The Questing Knights of the Faerie Qu...I read aloud The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queene by Geraldine McCaughrean to my kids last year when they were 2.5, 4.5, 6.5 and 8. It really captured all of our imaginations so I've now started slowly reading The Faerie Queene myself. I'm excited to look at the other retellings you recommended. Like you we''ve been reading Margaret Hodges George and the Dragon for as long as I can remember and my boys in particular love it. Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-18514857155330247802023-02-19T10:50:30.540-06:002023-02-19T10:50:30.540-06:00You're so very welcome! It makes me so happy k...You're so very welcome! It makes me so happy knowing more people are reading it with pleasure. <3Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-72073274526255295462023-02-19T09:06:05.645-06:002023-02-19T09:06:05.645-06:00Thank you helping me open the door to this beautif...Thank you helping me open the door to this beautiful poem. Kristinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-85207220513919830662021-12-16T08:54:31.970-06:002021-12-16T08:54:31.970-06:00I don't know how I'm just now seeing this....I don't know how I'm just now seeing this. I'm reading through Tempest again today and noticing different things -- connected with the Imagination, this time.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-79939104706138295592021-09-03T16:54:03.673-05:002021-09-03T16:54:03.673-05:00Perfect! Rest is glorious in the doing of it.Perfect! Rest is glorious in the doing of it.GretchenJoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-87760029363174323992021-06-03T12:26:48.376-05:002021-06-03T12:26:48.376-05:00Fascinating! I look forward to your observations o...Fascinating! I look forward to your observations on the rest of the play.Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639732368395025578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-58532902007345267582021-04-15T09:02:07.773-05:002021-04-15T09:02:07.773-05:00It's page 204 of the edition I have. Book 1, c...It's page 204 of the edition I have. Book 1, chapter XIII, paragraph 2. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-64298853646597389782021-04-14T10:24:36.553-05:002021-04-14T10:24:36.553-05:00This is fascinating. Where in the book is it? This is fascinating. Where in the book is it? Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239044929286991925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-61796854324699060562021-03-19T10:30:47.166-05:002021-03-19T10:30:47.166-05:00Since time of day is part of the setting I'd t...Since time of day is part of the setting I'd think it was intentional in the sense that it was a deliberate choice. But I don't imagine that he had to put much effort into choosing the right time for this play's setting. I only know about the "personalities" of the different hours from a prayer book I used during Lent a few years ago, but I imagine that knowledge would have been much more natural to Shakespeare, more a part of his . . . well, maybe not everyday experience, but surely something he was more accustomed to than we are, since the Church in his day was more woven into daily life than it is in ours. <br /><br />So I'm thinking it was intentional (he could have led into Ariel's backstory by any number of routes -- it didn't have to be this one), but that choice of hour would have been easy and natural, intuitive, as you say, given the nature of the story.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-59720357375533267732021-03-18T22:53:04.100-05:002021-03-18T22:53:04.100-05:00How interesting! One wonders if something like thi...How interesting! One wonders if something like this was intentional on Shakespeare's part, or if thinking about time in this way was such an ingrained thing that it came out in his play without much conscious thought. I am always curious if the subtle threads that show up in an author's work are there intentionally or if they are woven in by intuition rather than intention.esther janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685986459502023888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-28947544293261378412021-02-21T18:07:41.365-06:002021-02-21T18:07:41.365-06:00I think there must be -- or at least that Lewis is...I think there must be -- or at least that Lewis is imitating Greene, because I know he loved The Wind in the Willows. Mr Badger has been one of my favorite characters ever since I first met him reading that book in the sixth grade, and I didn't even like the book. :-p Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-74757622691038068292021-02-21T00:47:18.645-06:002021-02-21T00:47:18.645-06:00My youngest and I are reading through the Wind in ...My youngest and I are reading through the Wind in the Willows right now and I was wondering if there is some badgeryness that both Lewis and Grahame are emulating in their characters. Mr. Badger seems a bit more rough than Trufflehunter to me at first, but only at first. It would be interesting to ask the authors what was their inspiration for their badger characters. esther janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685986459502023888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-66106953929799717432021-02-15T10:26:20.905-06:002021-02-15T10:26:20.905-06:00Thank you! I'm looking forward to it. I've...Thank you! I'm looking forward to it. I've LOVED sharing it with my kids and other people to have that too.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-55903243193927273772021-02-14T23:10:55.725-06:002021-02-14T23:10:55.725-06:00This sounds like a wonderful class, Kelly! And you...This sounds like a wonderful class, Kelly! And you will be a superb teacher.Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639732368395025578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-43351365115609705362021-01-14T18:19:51.304-06:002021-01-14T18:19:51.304-06:00I know! I posted this then went to look at my Feed...I know! I posted this then went to look at my Feedly and there was your post. <3 Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-31796175424320671352021-01-14T18:10:07.081-06:002021-01-14T18:10:07.081-06:00“Rest” is my word of 2021. I’m going to write abou...“Rest” is my word of 2021. I’m going to write about it next week on my blog so was excited to see your post. We really are on the same wavelength! Joy O'Toolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383050105192413031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-5808188995197688762020-11-10T10:02:16.551-06:002020-11-10T10:02:16.551-06:00Having good traveling buddies makes it worthwhile ...Having good traveling buddies makes it worthwhile for me. <3 Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-43046514997345686812020-11-10T10:00:58.746-06:002020-11-10T10:00:58.746-06:00Yes! They're so fun and simple. I've done ...Yes! They're so fun and simple. I've done some where we decorated them with fabric paints, but sometimes we've used icing, and then we hang them on trees outside after Christmas and see if anything comes to eat them. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-89766736394261173322020-11-10T08:00:27.980-06:002020-11-10T08:00:27.980-06:00Hey, Kelly!
I was looking for some of my past Adv...Hey, Kelly!<br /><br />I was looking for some of my past Advent resources and down the rabbit hole come here. <br /><br />We'll be in Florida for Christmas instead of Kosovo, and so I've been thinking about what I might want to do to decorate, prepare, observe for Advent. . . <br /><br />I was thinking about Chrismons -- and now that I see your cinnamon ones -- that might be JUST the thing. <br /><br />AlexandraAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018928719737363176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-64032475539736579902020-11-10T07:46:54.570-06:002020-11-10T07:46:54.570-06:00Well, when you have a good guide, the journey will...Well, when you have a good guide, the journey will be certainly be worthwhile. 💙Kortney Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789254894839363439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-43365753534501529332020-11-09T16:29:56.643-06:002020-11-09T16:29:56.643-06:00I'm so glad you'll be there! It's goin...I'm so glad you'll be there! It's going to be fun, which is maybe an odd thing to say about a trip through the Inferno. :-DKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.com