tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post4932165716028429564..comments2024-03-22T14:58:07.239-05:00Comments on Ordinary Time: I think I'll start calling it 'Dinner schooling'thecurrysevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932092243753160814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post-55664291819824863392016-07-14T20:52:41.823-05:002016-07-14T20:52:41.823-05:00I, too, love this post even though it's "...I, too, love this post even though it's "old". I remember having some of these kinds of discussions during dinner clean up. We recited states and capitals or presidents or Bible verses while washing and drying dishes. We had 9 in the family and we were the only dishwasher, so it took a while. I can't tell you how often we had to break out the encyclopedia or the dictionary or some other book (even hymn book) to answer a question or quell a dispute about which president came after John Quincy Adams or the like. This was long before Google and smart phones.<br /><br />My brothers have children rather gifted in math and it was not unheard of to bring calculators to the table to figure out mass/volume/area or whatnot when it was just a bit too cumbersome to do it in their heads.<br /><br />Dinner together (regularly!) just can't be beat.Carlanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25502633.post-40346122379591451522015-09-02T14:48:49.020-05:002015-09-02T14:48:49.020-05:00I know this entry is several years ago, but I just...I know this entry is several years ago, but I just have to say...for several years when we'd go on vacation when I was little, we would be travelling through TN, ARK, MO, LA, and my Dad would teach us The Gettysburg Address, or we'd learn some of the old hymns, or different things like that. I can still remember travelling through TN or MO, going around the mountains, singing "Bringing In The Sheaves". Such fun memories! We had Grandparents who lived in Branson, before it was the Branson of today, and the main road was just a few houses. There was also a funny group of people we would go watch, who sang and danced.<br /><br />I am enjoying reading your blog....right now I'm just in June 2011.Kathyb1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/14086740922649734654noreply@blogger.com