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Dusting off the blog

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That was a nice break.

I didn’t intend to go completely silent here, just happened, and now the ol’ blog is calling again.

Home schooling: all the old subjects and some new. It’s going okay, never perfect, but what is, right? I have a new phonics book for Peter who needs a bit more help. The kid can read, he just isn’t all that into it. And if ever a boy needed to be able to read well, it’s him. So full of questions and attempts to figure it all out. Oy.

Susan also started up Latin again after about a year away from it. First time conjugating verbs. I tell her to think of it as a secret language used by spies, which she loves. Gotta know what buttons to push for different children.

And I’m writing. Wishing I had more time in the day to sit at the computer. Wishing I didn’t waste time when sitting at the computer doing other things other than write. (Blogging is allowed.)

Doc and I hit the ten year milestone this month. How did that happen? Not that it’s bad or miserable, it just got here so fast. More about that on the 27th.

On discipline

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From J. Mark Bertrand at The Master’s Artist:

When I first heard the term “spiritual discipline,” it seemed like an oxymoron. I thought of spiritual things as ecstatic and impromptu, as far from disciplined as it is possible to get. Paradoxically, though, I came to find that these disciplines really do foster a spiritual mindset. They make it possible to sustain over time what enthusiasm never can. “Creative discipline” may seem similarly contradictory, because creation and inspiration are organically linked — you can’t force them. But the irony is that through discipline, the artist can shape a personal process that not only allows for but stimulates the imagination. Imagination is a talent to be husbanded, and one way to do this is by building your capacity for immersion.

You can read the entire post here.