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SS #11: Will the REAL Multum Non Multa Please Stand Up?

SS #11: Will the REAL Multum Non Multa Please Stand Up?

On today’s show, Mystie and Brandy discuss the ancient Latin motto multum non multa – meaning, much not many. Applied to education, and somehow misapplied to education, we chat about who used the motto in reference to education, what they meant, and what this has to do with Charlotte Mason and The Latin-Centered Curriculum. We also…

SS #10: Which Comes First? The Principles or the Practical?

SS #10: Which Comes First? The Principles or the Practical?

Today’s show is our version of the which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg dilemma. In this case, though, it’s which comes first – the principles or the practices. And how do we practice when we know that we don’t know all we NEED to know? We go around and around in circles, drawing on folks like James K.A. Smith, Cindy…

Babette’s Feast

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world”s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Karen Blixen, author of the acclaimed memoir Out of Africa, was also a master of the short story form: her tales offer luminous meditations on rebirth and redemption, on the mystery and unexpectedness of human behaviour. Alongside ”Babette”s Feast”, this selection also includes ”Sorrow-Acre”, often thought to be one of her finest stories.

”Tales as delicate as Venetian glass”, The New York Times