The Archives - August 2007

Sforzando String Camp 2007

The boys and Beth had a great time again this year at String Camp. Beth took an introductory harp class, and has been bugging me to buy her a harp ever since we got home!

Here are photos of the boys playing alone, and with their quartets:

Roof Update

We're (still) re-roofing our 89 year old Four Square farm house… Details here.

Prairie Scenes

Books I Have Read This Year

A General's Life - The Autobiography of General of the Army, Omar Bradley
Missionary Patriarch - The Story of John Paton (autobiography - good)
With Lee in Virginia (a historical fiction by G. A. Henty)
Anne (with an 'e') of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Uniting Church and Home
A Holy Life (John Bunyan - GOOD!)
Anne of the Island
Anne’s House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
The Road to Unafraid (Jeff Streucker, Army Ranger - good!)
Yeager (autobiography of Gen. Chuck Yeager)
The Spontaneous Spread of Home Discipleship Christianity
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway - a rather depressing story, IMHO)
The Courtship of Sara McLean (a book about Biblical courtship principles)
Life and Campaigns of Lt. General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson
   (excellent story of a God-honoring man)
How Should We Then Live? -
Francis A. Schaeffer (deep, but good)
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire -
Jim Cymbala (Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle)
Jeff McLean: His Courtship
The Good Husband’s Guide to Balancing Hobbies & Marriage
10 Things I Want My Son to Know
Mighty Men—The Starter’s Guide to Leading Your Family
Patton—A Study in Command
The Origins and Background of the Second World War
The Book of Jasher
Ben Hur
The Gospel According to Disney
Remote Control - The Power of Hollywood on Today's Culture
Maximized Manhood - A Guide to Family Survival
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
No Retreats, No Reserves, No Regrets (Ken Ham + others)
1984 (George Orwell)
One of our Bombers is Missing
Carrier Pilot
Don't Waste Your Life (John Piper)
The Sign of Christ's Coming and the End of the Age (Robert Van Kampen)
The Chronicles of Fairacre (Miss Read)


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