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 Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
In this episode of Monday Morning Book Review, Sara talks about the first of Ralph Moody's autobiographical books in the Little Britches series. You can see the print version of this review at our website, here. You can find the reprint of the books mentioned in the review at Purple House Press, here. You can learn more about Ralph Moody at Biblioguides.com.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
In this special episode, Diane and Sara sat down with the ladies from Biblioguides to have an in-depth conversation about Hilda van Stockum's The Borrowed House. This hour-long discussion is a great start to unpacking this book, but it is just that. A start. We merely scratched the surface. That is why we had the joy of making a wonderful announcement at the start of the episode: Biblioguides is launching a Mighty Networks network and they have generously given us a place in their network to host ongoing book club discussions! The Plumfield Reads group inside the Biblioguides Mighty Network is free and open to any of our listeners! Join, for free, here: https://community.biblioguides.com/ This book club discussion will have spoilers in it. If you would like to join the discussion but do not want any spoilers, join the Borrowed House book club on Mighty Networks and join in the discussion threads as you read. Also, check out our Beloved Author: Hilda van Stockum page for links to all of our reviews, book clubs, and things related to Hilda van Stockum.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Bulla’s book is a retelling of Richard Wagner’s opera, The Ring of the Nibelung. Bulla’s retelling is accessible to anyone unfamiliar with the stories, and would be a good preparation for viewing the stage productions.
Purple House Press publishes The Ring and the Fire as a companion to The Borrowed House.
You can read Sara’s review of The Borrowed House here.
You can learn more about The Ring and the Fire at biblioguides.com.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
We love Hilda! After listening to this recording of our review of The Borrowed House, check out our Beloved Author: Hilda van Stockum page for links to all of our reviews, book clubs, and things related to Hilda van Stockum.
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
We love Hilda! After listening to this recording of our review of The Borrowed House, check out our Beloved Author: Hilda van Stockum page for links to all of our reviews, book clubs, and things related to Hilda van Stockum.
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
In this episode of Friday Feast, Sara and Diane talk with Jill Morgan of Purple House Press about her nearly 2 decades worth of memories of beloved children's author Leonard Kessler who died earlier this year. Kessler is the author of the Mr. Pine books among many others and he served as a mentor to Jill as she got into publishing and throughout the end of his life. This wonderful man lives on in his beautiful books at Purple House Press. Listen into this episode to hear about his Army service, friendship with Andy Warhol, his purple door, and his delightful love of crayons. We agree with Jill when she says that like Mr. Rogers, Leonard Kessler was a national treasure.
You can learn more about Kessler at Biblioguides here: https://www.biblioguides.com/pub/author/leonard-kessler
(If you do not have a Biblioguides membership, you can sign up here. This is our affiliate link but we are not compensated in any way. We are simply sharing it to help.)
Books mentioned in this podcast (linked to our reviews with a look inside):
Mr. Pine's Purple House
Mr. Pine's Mixed Up Signs
Mrs. Pine Takes A Trip
That's Not Santa
Stan The Hotdog Man
Miss Jaster's Garden
The Blueberry Pie Elf
Little Old Man Who Cannot Read
Goose
Duchess Bakes a Cake
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/books/leonard-kessler-dead.html
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
In this week's episode, Tim Feldhausen returns to Plumfield in Person to chat with Diane and Sara about what happened after the year of Tolkien was over.
Books and Links:
Tolkien: Man and Myth
Peter Kreeft's The Philosophy of Tolkien
Focus on the Family The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters
George MacDonald
The Great Divorce
Till We Have Faces
The Chronicles of Narnia
In Defense of Sanity
The Space Trilogy
The Brothers Karamazov
The Benedict Option
Building the Benedict Option
David Copperfield
Frankenstein
Letter from Birmingham Jail
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Chosen
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
This favorite of ours is made richer with the Jessie Willcox Smith illustrations which can be found in the Illustrated Junior Library edition. Take a look here: http://plumfieldandpaideia.com/the-princess-and-the-goblin/
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
We love Hilda! Check out our Beloved Author: Hilda van Stockum page for links to all of our reviews, book clubs, and things related to Hilda van Stockum.