SS #83: The Uncommon Commonplace
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Do you keep a commonplace book (or wish you did)?
Today's episode is serves as a first half for our upcoming Commonplace Workshop. Pam, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss what a commonplace book even is and why anyone would want to keep one. It's a great discussion you don't want to miss and will get you ready for the Workshop, which is happening this month!
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Ready for the Commonplace Workshop?
Are you intimidated by commonplacing? Not sure if you're doing it right? Uncertain how to get started? You're not the only one. So, on February 20th at 9:30 am Pacific, join us for a LIVE Commonplace Workshop where we will break down the process of getting started and keeping up with commonplacing. It doesn't need to be complicated and you don't need to make it a keepsake. At the Commonplace Workshop we'll each share our own commonplace practices and real life examples, helping you see how doable and unfancy - and how beneficial! - commonplacing can be. Click here to register.
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| 0:00.0 | seems like we see people mentioning commonplace, their commonplace book or commonplacing, |
| 0:07.1 | and it's this commonplace expression. I was like, well, what, what does it really mean? |
| 0:12.6 | Or does this is what I'm doing commonplacing or is it notebooking or is it just writing down |
| 0:20.2 | a quote? What counts as a commonplace is what I'm doing |
| 0:23.8 | good enough. Am I doing it right? Those kind of questions. |
| 0:35.2 | Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:44.5 | Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us and the trenches of classical homeschooling, |
| 0:51.3 | who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it |
| 0:55.0 | all done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. You can find me over at Afterthoughtsblog.net, spreading my |
| 1:02.1 | Charlotte Mason Joy through blog posts, study guides, audios, and more. My co-hosts today are Pam |
| 1:08.7 | Barnhill, Abby Wall, and Misty Winkler. |
| 1:11.9 | Pam is a speaker, podcaster, blogger at pambarnhill.com, and author of two fabulous books, |
| 1:18.6 | better together, and plan your year. |
| 1:21.7 | Abby is basically the queen of the Skolle sister ship. |
| 1:24.7 | Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mama five |
| 1:29.2 | who homeschools and reads whatever she can. Misty is a second-generation homeschooler with five kids |
| 1:36.9 | and too many projects. With her blog, podcast, and membership, she helps you organize your |
| 1:43.0 | attitude so you can organize your life. |
| 1:45.6 | Find her over at simplyconvial.com. |
| 1:49.7 | Are you intimidated by commonplacing? |
| 1:53.3 | Not sure if you're doing it right? |
| 1:55.9 | Uncertain how to get started? |
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