We continue to read our VERY big book on U.S. History. We are about two-thirds of the way through. Kelly and I have been talking about what should be her next history book and also what should be our next read aloud. I have decided that two 900 page books in a row are just too much, so I am going to have Kelly read the Susan Wise Bauer book about ancient history on her own. We have a lighter book with tips on how to act socially next, but that should not take too long. I thought of a book I had read awhile back that I liked a lot and thought would be good to read after the “social tips” book. It is titled Seven Men Who Rule the World From the Grave by David Breese and is about Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, John Dewey, and four others whose ideas wreak havoc even though they are long dead. While I was rummaging around the bonus room looking for Seven Men, I found Paul Johnson’s Intellectuals, a book about the personal lives of Karl Marx, Bertrand Russell, Lillian Hellman, Henrik Ibsen, Jean-Paul Sartre, Noam Chomsky, and many others. It is quite enlightening and will surely spark some interesting conversations when we read it aloud together.
Woo-hoo! Kelly went to the optometrist to get her eyes checked yesterday. I will say no more until we have some pictures.