SS #116: Feasting in a Time of Fasting
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Today, we present our annual Christmas episode! In light of inflation and the fact that, for many of us, Christmas has to be different this year compared to last, we thought we'd go over the first couple chapters of Little Women and discuss how to feast in a time of fasting.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, first they talk about buying themselves things. |
| 0:02.2 | They're like, well, she didn't say we had to give away all our money. |
| 0:05.1 | Maybe we'll just buy things for ourselves, which I think is. |
| 0:10.1 | It's so human. |
| 0:11.0 | It is so typical of kids. |
| 0:13.7 | Like, well, I'm going to be really generous, but I'm going to be generous to myself first. |
| 0:18.4 | But I also was thinking, like, mother is trying to get them to be generous, |
| 0:23.3 | but by saying no presents, they turned inward. |
| 0:27.3 | Mm. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to Skalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:44.8 | Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling, |
| 0:51.3 | who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all |
| 0:54.8 | done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte |
| 1:01.2 | Mason think tank. Go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash think tank to learn more. My co-hosts today |
| 1:09.6 | are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall. |
| 1:12.6 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including one graduate. |
| 1:16.1 | She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of The Convial Homeschool, |
| 1:21.7 | now available on Amazon. |
| 1:24.8 | Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeystership. Abby is a country-living farmer, |
| 1:30.3 | rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:35.3 | Have you joined the Skolle Sistership yet? We are really enjoying the current Sophie seminar |
| 1:42.5 | Tectonic. Together we're reading our way around the screen time issue. |
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