Blog
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Heart of Oak
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI You are our unity and our continuity. Though some may seek to hide, you are our truest side, Heart of Oak.
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Who Among You Are With Me?: The Story of the Black Robe Regiment
BY LYDIA GRACE RICHARDSON In the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, colonial pastors led a spiritual revival, called the Great Awakening.
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At the Sign of the Blue Boar: A Robin Hood Poem
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL Now let us part the leaves again, and find that merry life, and bold. We’ll roam again as we did then–how came it that we all grew old?
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Observations on Novels and the Reader’s Life – Crispin: The End of Time by Avi
BY MARY-FAUSTINA Who has the nerve to foil the effort an author makes to write a logical narrative by snickering and reading the end of the tale first?
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Pseudo Interviews with the Presidents
BY ROSE DOMINICK In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence.
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Éowyn: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY MARY-FAUSTINA The daughter of all noble kings, within my soul, a war cry sings; within my veins, Death’s fire flows.
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My Country – Right or Wrong?: The Search for True Patriotism
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI This quest to balance our passions and perceptions should be coupled by a determination to change our respective countries for the better.
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Home: Song of the Water Faerie
BY CLARE-THERESE From water I was born to life; I rose through waves to joy and strife to be a guardian and a guide.
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A Spark of Defiance: A Movie Review of “The Hunger Games”
BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Amidst all of the pain and killing, this small spark of hope mingled with defiance shines out.
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Book Review: Unblemished by Sara Ella
BY EMILY KOPF Eliyana soon finds herself in a world much larger and more complicated than she’s ever known.
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When Music Plays
BY CLARE-THERESE Jesting with reality, the harmony keeps me riveted to the seat, and I clutch the arms lest I float away.
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Aragorn’s Victory Song: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI I see a fire behind your eyes that darkness cannot quell; As ashes from the mountain rise, you’ll storm the gates of Hell.
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Bitter Food Makes You Mad
BY CIARA ZAKETTI “Be the personal liaison as far as communicating with the police goes. It can be a way to break your wings in, so to speak.”
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Writing Groups: A How-To Instructional
BY BETHANY MCGEAN If you’ve been a devotee of C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien for a while, you’ve probably heard about The Inklings.
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Canticle to the Creator
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Blessed be the Creator of the Universe who has put me where I am from all time and eternity.
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A Day in the Homeschooler’s Life: I’m Gonna Call it Home
BY CLARE-THERESE A feeling of intense gratitude came to me as we tossed conversation around the pizza table for our family and our life together.
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Summer Evening
BY MARY-FAUSTINA The evening is soft and the purple dusk deep, the village a-slumber, my baby asleep.
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Wayminding Words from Oldendom
BY BYRNWIGA Having wordbooks and book-lore with only English words (and no outlandish words whatsoever) is not too hard to think of or understand.
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If I Could Speak in Elvish: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY EMILY GEERLING If I could speak in Elvish I would stump all my friends, saying things in a tongue they could not understand.
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Learning to Swim in the Genre Lake
BY MIRRIAM NEAL Have you ever gone through a phase where you realize you’ve read nothing but fantasy for three months?