Plumfield Moms
We are sisters in Christ who became friends over a shared love of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, found especially in good and great books. Our primary vocation is that of marriage and motherhood, but we feel a secondary call, as educators and homeschool moms, to walk with families who are seeking to help form souls who are capable of responding to the vocation God has called them to. Our objective is to form our children and grandchildren to the best of our ability, and in so doing share what has been meaningful to us with others that it may encourage them and lighten their burden. As homeschoolers, classical educators and Christians, we have a passion for the ancient Greek paideia and the loving education of Louisa May Alcott‘s Plumfield (from her novel Little Men).
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Episodes
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
In this second episode in the Forgotten Books series, Library Ladies Mary Schubert Kathleen Seeger, as well as Tanya Arnold of Biblioguides, join us to talk about a favorite book of theirs by a beloved author that is often overlooked by others.
Books and Links:
Plumfield Library Ladies Page
Tanya's Choice: Philomena by Kate Seredy (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Mary's Choice: The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Kathleen's Choice: Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Mary's Choice also mentions the adaptation of The Magic Fishbone (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Audiobook options for The Magic Fishbone - "the funny one" and "the Edith Nesbit one"
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
The Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Magical Melons/Caddie Woodlawn’s Family Sequel to Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
The Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern (Find at Biblioguides and Amazon)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jan Bloom
Learn More About Our Guests:
Library Ladies: Kathleen Seeger and Mary Schubert
Tanya Arnold of Biblioguides
Where You Can Find Us:
Plumfield and Paideia Facebook PagePlumfield Reads Book Club Discussion Space at the FREE Biblioguides Online CommunityPlumfield Moms Podcast
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Upcoming Plumfield Reads Books We Are Reading:
The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Tanya’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
Books for Bedrest by Plumfield Moms
Comfort Books by Biblioguides
Pride and Prejudice
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
84 Charing Cross Road
Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Goudge
Gentian Hill by Elizabeth Goudge
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Interview with Margi McAllister
Dean’s Watch by Elizabeth Goudge
Sarah Kim’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins Beautiful Feet Books
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales
Astrix
Calvin and Hobbs
Rocket Genius by Charles Spain Verral
Carry a Big Stick by George Grant
Diane’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
Who Walks the Attic by Luara Bannon
Red Mittens by Laura Bannon
The Tune is in the Tree Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy Tacy High School Books by Maud Hart Lovelace
Sea Wolf Press
Silas Marner by George Elliot
The Watchmaker's Daughter
Great Influenza by John Berry
The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine by John Healings
Sara Masarik’s Reads & Books Mentioned:
The Red Keep by Allen Frenc
Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery
The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dosteveky
Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigurd Undset
Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak
The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West
Hardy Boys
Springer Publishing
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
"Our hero, James Lewis MacFarlane, a stalwart Scotsman, has recently been mustered out of the army, and discharged himself from an army hospital. He embodies qualities we hope to instill in our children or ourselves, though he wrestles with himself frequently, in an effort to maintain the true, the beautiful, and the good in his life. He has a wound that won’t heal despite the best of care in a wonderful spa/hospital. So he sets off on a Great Adventure to see if he can find his own cure and put himself back into useful public life."
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Books and Links:
Plumfield Reads Page
Keeper of the Bees Book Club
Our Gene Stratton-Porter Page
Cautionary Review of Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton Porter
Keeper of the Bees Audiobook
Keeper of the Bees Purple House Press Reprint cover
The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Learn More About the Ladies of Biblioguides
Where You Can Find Us:
Plumfield and Paideia Facebook Page
Plumfield Reads Book Club Discussion Space at the FREE Biblioguides Online Community
Plumfield Moms Podcast Page
Plumfield Moms Instagram
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
In this episode, Diane and Sara chat with Jill Morgan from Purple House Press about the Ralph Moody books. In addition to talking about how they came to be and why we consider them so special, we talk about the Kickstarter that Jill is hosting later this year to fund the hardcover printing of the 3rd and 4th books. You can find out more about the Little Britches books here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/ralph-moodys-little-britches/
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
"The other day someone asked me, “How do you know if a word ends in -ible or -able?” My very helpful reply was, “I just know. If I’ve seen it, I’ll remember.” I really had never thought about it. Just a few days later I happened to read the explanation and it made perfect sense."