Happy last weekend of October! I hope you’ve had an enjoyable autumn and were able to make some good memories. I’m so thankful we did our apple orchard outing when we did because Caroline has been sick off and on since then. We’ve had spectacular color this year. I wish we had been able to take some more drives, but I’m thankful for all the colorful blessings we have enjoyed.
We finally had our first frost yesterday and the leaves are falling quickly now. We’ve definitely turned to corner toward November and winter. I love this time of year.
This Week’s Artwork
Today’s artwork is Knitting Girl by Albert Anker.
I wrote about Albert Anker in Simple Living This Week No. 103. I’ve used many of his paintings in this series of posts and I listed those as well if you missed them. I enjoy the homey nature of his work.
Homeschooling
I spent some time this week reviewing my files about right brained learners, suggestions that came from our testing experiences, etc. I felt like I needed a mental reset of some kind. I was reminded of some important things about how children like this learn.
Even though I’ve been homeschooling a long time, I still have to step back from time to time and refocus. You would think it would all be settled in my mind and planning, but every stage of learning and development brings new aspects to consider.
Work
I’ve spent a lot of time the past few weeks writing and podcasting about current events, especially the upcoming election on November 8. I’m sure some of you appreciate it and others wish it would all go away. Believe me, I understand and I’m sure I’ve lost readers because of this. (I also know I’ve gained readers because of it as well.) In the end, I’m doing what I believe I should be doing with the gifts God has given me which is helping people try to make sense of what is going on around them.
The truth of the matter is our ability to live a quiet simple life is greatly hindered without freedom and liberty. I don’t see writing about a quiet simple life and understanding what is happening around us as mutually exclusive. In my mind, they are intertwined. My ability to live a quiet simple life has been greatly impacted by the demonic insanity, corruption, shortages, financial collapse, enemy infiltration, treason, and fifth-generational warfare going on around us. Your life has been impacted as well, perhaps in ways you don’t even realize at this point. Maybe some people can compartmentalize, but I can’t.
On the public side of my website, I’ve continued my series on the Michigan elections. Why should you care about Michigan elections if you don’t live here? Because the Konnech story based in Michigan is impacting every single one of you whether you realize it or not at this point. Let me leave you with one quote from an article you really should take the time to at least skim: Did Michigan Government and Universities Pave the Way for Konnech’s CCP-Linked Espionage?
A veteran friend of mine, who goes by the moniker AwakenedOutlaw, told me about a term known as a “beach head.” Wikipedia describes it as “a temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend the area as other reinforcements arrive. Once a large enough unit is assembled, the invading force can begin advancing inland.”
Has Michigan become the “beach head” for the Chinese Communist Party? Michigan has a rich history in the automotive and defense industry. Wouldn’t that be the perfect place for the Chinese Communist Party to establish a “beach head”?
Please pray for the Michigan elections. You may not live here, but I guarantee the outcome of our elections will impact people across this country one way or the other.
I have a large thread in the forum covering the Konnech story.
I’ve also devoted a lot of time to tracking the developments in the Kanye West story. That thread is called Kanye and Jews and it’s a fascinating story to cover. I cannot predict how it is going to develop and end, but for the first time in my life this topic is actually being addressed with people pushing back hard on the idea that there are some subjects that are simply taboo and can never be discussed. I’m providing background information, historical documents, and commentary from all sorts of perspectives.
I would have to say this is the take that sums it all up very well at this point.
If you haven’t realized it yet, we are in the stage of the war where all the narratives are getting blown up. All of them.
I recorded two podcasts this week.
Sallie’s Rebuilding America No. 49
and
Sallie’s Rebuilding America No. 50
These are historic times as I indicated in the Reconcile post this week. I am very curious to see what the next month brings. You are living through epic events that your grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren will study for years.
What is going on in your world? I hope you’ll leave a comment!
Morning Hope – Mark 9:33-42
I got over to a second nearby church and met a few of its members. The city council passed an ordinance against conversion therapy for minors–which is already banned in a roundabout way by our governor’s executive order. There was an attempted carjacking not so far away. My children are getting flooded with political ads on the videos they watch. The library had a whole parade of progressivist books on display in the teen area, but hardly anyone but us was there to see.