You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 60.

Welcome to Skalais Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn

and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow.

Scalais Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches

of classical homeschooling, who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting

it all done.

I'm your host, Brandy Vensel.

You can find me at Afterthoughts, That's my main blog. And also teaching reading

with Bob Books, which is where I keep my line of printable phonics lessons. You can hear more from me

on my other podcast, Aftercast. My co-host today is Misty Winkler. Misty is a second generation

homeschooler with five kids and too many projects.

With her blog, podcast, and membership, she helps you organize your attitude so you can organize your

life. Find her over at simplyconvial.com. Our guest today is the lovely and delightfully controversial Angelina Stanford.

Angelina has an honors baccalaureate degree and a master's degree in English literature from the University of Louisiana.

For over 25 years, she has shared her passion and enthusiasm for literature with students in a variety of settings.

Everywhere from university classrooms

to homeschool co-ops to homeschooling her own three children. You can find Angelina at

Angelenastanford.com, where she teaches online literature classes for middle school through adult,

as well as webinars and short-term classes. She had a big summer launching the Literary Life podcast with her longtime friend Cindy Rollins,

and in June, she married her very own poet.

She lives quite happily in a honeymoon cottage in North Carolina,

tracking down rare books and inspiring poetry.

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