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The Fantasy of the Wind

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Outside the tent, a young and playful girl, the Wind, enjoys herself. She glides through the air, picking up the freshly fallen leaves and tossing them about at will, savoring the rustling sounds they make. She circles the tent, seeking with her thin fingers for a way in. she finds one that allows her to enter slowly and quietly, not in the noisy and sometimes harsh way she plays outside. she dances around among the half-sleeping children, laughing in unearthly whistling tones as I smile, for part of her light, invisible silk dress has brushed against my cheek, carresing it gently. She carries an autumn perfume of the smell of fresh leaves, sweetly meeting my sense of smell. As I sleep, she springs out of our tent and finds some fresh amusement.

 

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Last Minute Plans

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With only two hours notice, the whole family packed our bags and were off to our grandparents farm. Dad wanted to help Grandpa in his harvest, so we bought a tent from the store and left town. Mom and Dad were going to stay in a hotel, and we were going to sleep outside. It was a fun trip, and every one except Joseph got to ride in the HUGE combine and the tractor! Alexander really liked riding with Dad and seeing the ‘kim-bine’. Our trip to the farm was a lot of fun.

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HuHot Mongolian Grill

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Dad took our family to HuHot on Landon’s birthday. At HuHot, you get to make your own food. Here is the account of my trip to HuHot, starting from after I had arrived at the buffet line.

I grabbed a bowl from the pile and decided wich meat I wanted. There was Krab, pork, chicken, beef, and several types of seafood.  I chose a mixture of chicken and Krab. Then I selected from a large variety of vegetables. Next I poured a combination of the many sauses over my raw food,  then I watched a cook stirfry my food over a large fire.  when he took it off and gave my food back to me, I took it to our table and voila!

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Dedication of October

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October is dedicated to all the saints.

 

Litany of the Saints

Lord, have mercy on us. (Lord have mercy on us.)
Christ, have mercy on us. (Christ have mercy on us.)
Lord, have mercy on us. (Lord, have mercy on us.) Christ, hear us. (Christ, hear us.)
Christ, graciously hear us. (Christ, graciously hear us.)

God the Father of heaven, (have mercy on us.)
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, (have mercy on us.)
God the Holy Ghost, (have mercy on us.)
Holy Trinity, one God, (have mercy on us.)

Holy Mary,
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,St. Michael,
St. Gabriel,
St. Raphael,
All ye holy Angels and Archangels,
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits,

St. John the Baptist,
St. Joseph,
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets,

St. Peter,
St. Paul,
St. Andrew,
St. James,
St. John,
St. Thomas,
St. James,
St. Philip,
St. Bartholomew,
St. Matthew,
St. Simon,
St. Thaddeus,
St. Matthias,
St. Barnabas,
St. Luke,
St. Mark,
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists,
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord,

All ye holy Innocents,
St. Stephen,
St. Lawrence,
St. Vincent,
SS. Fabian and Sebastian,
SS. John and Paul,
SS. Cosmas and Damian,
SS. Gervase and Protase,
All ye holy Martyrs,

St. Sylvester,
St. Gregory,
St. Ambrose,
St. Augustine,
St. Jerome,
St. Martin,
St. Nicholas,
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors,
All ye holy Doctors,

St. Anthony,
St. Benedict,
St. Bernard,
St. Dominic,
St. Francis,
All ye holy Priests and Levites,
All ye holy Monks and Hermits,

St. Mary Magdalen,
St. Agatha,
St. Lucy,
St. Agnes,
St. Cecilia,
St. Catherine,
St. Anastasia,
All ye holy Virgins and Widows,

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All ye holy Saints of God, (Make intercession for us.)
Be merciful, (Spare us, O Lord.)
Be merciful, (Graciously hear us, O Lord.)
From all evil, O Lord
From all sin,
From Thy wrath,
From sudden and unlooked for death,
From the snares of the devil,
From anger, and hatred, and every evil will,
From the spirit of fornication,
From lightning and tempest,
From the scourge of earthquakes,
From plague, famine and war,
From everlasting death,
Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation,
Through Thy Coming,
Through Thy Birth,
Through Thy Baptism and holy Fasting,
Through Thy Cross and Passion,
Through Thy Death and Burial,
Through Thy holy Resurrection,
Through Thine admirable Ascension,
Through the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete.
In the day of judgment.

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We sinners,That Thou wouldst spare us,

That Thou wouldst pardon us,

That Thou wouldst bring us to true penance,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to govern and preserve Thy holy Church,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve our Apostolic Prelate, and all orders of the Church in holy religion,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to humble the enemies of holy Church,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant peace and unity to the whole Christian world,

That Thou wouldst call back to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from her fold, and to guide all unbelievers into the light of the Gospel

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to confirm and preserve us in Thy holy service,

That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires,

That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors,

That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, from eternal damnation,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give and preserve the fruits of the earth,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed,

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us,

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Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, (spare us, O Lord.)
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, (graciously hear us, O Lord.)
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, (have mercy on us.) Christ, (hear us.)
Christ, (graciously hear us.)
Lord, have mercy, (Lord, have mercy.)
Christ, have mercy, (Christ, have mercy.)
Lord, have mercy, (Lord, have mercy.)

[Our Father inaudibly] And lead us not into temptation (but deliver us from evil.)

 

Latin version:
Litaniae Sanctorum

Kyrie, eleison (Kyrie, eleison.)
Christe, eleison (Christe, eleison.)
Kyrie, eleison (Kyrie, eleison.) Christe, audi nos (Christe, audi nos.)
Christe, exaudi nos. (Christe, exaudi nos.)

Pater de caelis, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, (miserere nobis.)
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, (miserere nobis.)

Sancta Maria,
Sancta Dei Genetrix,
Sancta Virgo virginum,Sancte Michael,
Sancte Gabriel,
Sancte Raphael,
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli,
Omnes sancti beatorum Spirituum ordines,

Sancte Ioannes Baptista,
Sancte Ioseph,
Omnes sancti Patriarchae et Prophetae,

Sancte Petre,
Sancte Paule,
Sancte Andrea,
Sancte Iacobe,
Sancte Ioannes,
Sancte Thoma,
Sancte Iacobe,
Sancte Philippe,
Sancte Bartolomaee,
Sancte Matthaee,
Sancte Simon,
Sancte Thaddaee,
Sancte Matthia,
Sancte Barnaba,
Sancte Luca,
Sancte Marce,
Omnes sancti Apostoli et Evangelistae,
Omnes sancti discipuli Domini,

Omnes sancti Innocentes,
Sancte Stephane,
Sancte Laurenti,
Sancte Vincenti,
Sancti Fabiane et Sebastiane,
Sancti Iohannes et Paule,
Sancti Cosma et Damiane,
Sancti Gervasi et Protasi,
Omnes sancti martyres,

Sancte Sylvester,
Sancte Gregori,
Sancte Ambrosi,
Sancte Augustine,
Sancte Hieronyme,
Sancte Martine,
Sancte Nicolae,
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores,
Omnes sancti Doctores,

Sancte Antoni,
Sancte Benedicte,
Sancte Bernarde,
Sancte Dominice,
Sancte Francisce,
Omnes sancti Sacerdotes et Levitae,
Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremitae,

Sancta Maria Magdalena,
Sancta Agatha,
Sancta Lucia,
Sancta Agnes,
Sancta Caecilia,
Sancta Catharina,
Sancta Anastasia,
Omnes sanctae Virgines et Viduae

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Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei, (intercedite pro nobis.)
Propitius esto, (parce nos, Domine.)
Propitius esto, (exaudi nos, Domine.)
Ab omni malo,
Ab omni peccato,
Ab ira tua,
A subitanea et improvisa morte,
Ab insidiis diaboli,
Ab ira et odio et omni mala voluntate,
A spiritu fornicationis,
A fulgure et tempestate,
A flagello terraemotus,
A peste, fame et bello,
A morte perpetua,
Per mysterium sanctae Incarnationis tuae,
Per adventum tuum,
Per nativitatem tuam,
Per baptismum et sanctum ieiunium tuum,
Per crucem et passionem tuam,
Per mortem et sepulturam tuam,
Per sanctam resurrectionem tuam,
Per admirabilem ascensionem tuam,
Per adventum Spiritus Sancti Paracliti,
In die iudicii,

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Peccatores,Ut nobis parcas,

Ut nobis indulgeas,

Ut ad veram paenitentiam nos perducere digneris,

Ut Ecclesiam tuam sanctam regere et conservare digneris,

Ut domum Apostolicum et omnes ecclesiasticos ordines in sancta religione conservare digneris,
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Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris,

Ut regibus et principibus christianis pacem et veram concordiam donare digneris,

Ut cuncto populo christiano pacem et unitatem largiri digneris,

Ut omnes errantes ad unitatem Ecclesiae revocare, et infideles universos ad Evangelii lumen perducere digneris,

Ut nosmetipsos in tuo sancto servitio confortare et conservare digneris,

Ut mentes nostras ad caelestia desideria erigas,

Ut omnibus benefactoribus nostris sempiterna bona retribuas,

Ut animas nostras, fratrum, propinquorum et benefactorum nostrorum ab aeterna damnatione eripias,

Ut fructus terrae dare et conservare digneris,

Ut omnibus fidelibus defunctis requiem aeternam donare digneris,

Ut nos exaudire digneris,

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The Salamander

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It is raining, it is pouring the old man is snoring, and a salamander bumped his head by falling in the window well of our downstairs living room. I am guessing it is a female by the paleness of the color of its spots, but I am not sure.

We have gotten Salamanders in our wells before, always in the fall.

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Miss Sarah

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Today I started my first job as a teacher.  I am in charge of non-syllabus science projects for Maria and John Paul.  My little pupils minded me quite well in our first session, though Maria made it clear when I told John something that she already knew that, and was bored (I am not even sure she did; Mom dosen’t think she did).  She got caught up in our class as we went along.

First I had Maria and John take a composition book and I wrote that it was their science journal on the front.  THen we began the ‘spearament’, as Johnny would say.  We unbent paper clips and rubbed them on a strong magnet until they were magnetized, then I explained to them that the atoms inside the paperclip, which had been unorganized in random fashion before stroking, were now lined up in neat rows. (I used a whiteboard to draw a model).  We then poked the magnet into a cork and floated it on water, and when it pointed north I told my pupils about the poles in the magnet.  Then we wrote a paragraph about the experiment and both little artists drew a picture of the atoms in the paper clip before and after it was magnetized.  They then glued them in their journals.  John narrated the whole thing fairly well to dad, who called from work to listen to John tell about it.

John and Maria are looking forward to having class next week.  I am planning on making lemon juice and baking sodamoving rockets and cars. I am keeping this a surprise.

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Early Fall Garden Work

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In the vegetable garden, I am enlarging it a little, so I can hopefully accommodate watermelons next year.  I am picking off the flowers of the plants and tiny tomatoes and peppers that will not have time to grow before it gets too cold, so that the plants will put energy into making tomatoes they have on them bigger. I have been cutting down the bush that grew out of the tree Dad cut down last spring until the branches get to thick for my pruners.  I have been finding the last of the onions that have hid beneath the tree and the carrots that have been hiding from my shovel.

 

In the flower garden I have been cutting down the lavender that has been killing all plants around it by suffocation.  I planted it when I was just beginning to garden and did not bother to look at the size it would get to be.  Its large pal Lamb’s Ear that got planted by the same mistake went last year.   I thought it would be pretty, but even that failed me.  To many leaves for the amount of flowers it has given me in three years!

 

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Monday Math

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Monday=science class.

A science major homeschooling mother is giving a physical science class for the homeschoolers every Monday beginning next week. The program is for 8-9th graders and comes with a credit as it is a high school course.  There are experiments and lots of chemistry.  Though my friends, who are also taking the class, hate it, I have been doing my first assignment and skimming the book and it is GREAT!

Monday=first pointe class.

Finally.

Monday=re-starting school.

We were supposed to have never stopped, but summer studies collapsed due to tennis lessons, the need for curriculum, and other things.

Monday=a new day.

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Bottom Braces

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Wednesday I got bottom braces and they hurt worse than the top braces! Forunately, I have a special kind of wire called nickel-titanum that loosens when it gets cold.  So a vanilla malt helps the pain. (It must be vanilla, my favorite kind). Icy water will also help, but malts and such other treats are thicker and helps it more. Seriously though, I would rather have had that delicious fall-apart roast Mom made for dinner than the malt, although I can’t make my siblings see that.

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A Common Dream

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When I was around five, I had a nightmare for the first time. Mom was driving me home from an art class I attended. She was going over a bridge too fast and I flew out of my seat belt, down and down. I was just about to fall into the river below when I woke up and it was morning. This particular dream reaccured a lot.

Sleep Walking

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I used to sleep talk and sleepwalk a lot. I still do. Once I woke Mom up to tell her John was driving real tractors and trucks in the basement without a licence. Another time I came to tell Mom something very important, but as soon as she was up I forgot what it was, but I knew I had to tell her. I was very frustrated because when I sleepwalk I can’t say a complete sentence, and I knew it sounded like I was asleep but I thought I wasn’t. Another time I woke up to find Dad carrying me to bed, but I could not figure out how I had gotten upstairs in the first place.

 

Some examples of talking in my sleep are the time I was dreaming that I was on top of a pole, standing horizontily on it by my nose! A bad man was about to set fire to the pole and I was yelling “No! No! NO!” When Mom came downstairs to see what was the matter, she touched me. I turned over and was quiet, as if I suddenly realized how silly I was being. Just yesterday I woke up in the morning and woke up Maria and told that we needed to pray. When she was confused that the only reason I could give was that Mom had said we needed to pray at eight o’ clock, I turned over saying, “Never mind!” What I had really meant was that Mom had said we should wake up at eight o’ clock.

 

When I sleepwalk, I usually can’t remember what happened or I can remember only part of it. Mom and
Dad tell me about it. They say that if they wake me up, I will cry.

 

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Peak of Monarch Migration

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I saw 6+ Monarchs August 31.  from about a week before that to about fivre days after my average was 2 or 3.  sfter and before that it had been only one a day.   August 31 must have been the peak of the migration through our area.

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