Ep 10 | Let’s Talk Shop: An Interview with Leslie Bustard
When I launched The Commonplace, I knew what I could offer to other moms at the beginning of the homeschooling journey, but I also knew what I couldn’t offer: experience-earned wisdom. I needed an interview addition to the podcast, and the first person I thought of was Leslie. With only Ep 00 recorded, I asked if she would consider joining me to ‘talk shop,’ and she graciously agreed. We met early this summer at her kitchen table—joined by her dog, Pevensie, and intermittent fireworks—to discuss a great many things: feelings of fear or inadequacy in the early years, maintaining affection and delight for your children, funny mishaps common to all homeschools, and building a home with poetic underpinnings. There’s something in this episode for everyone, and I think it’s the perfect way to end season one.
Further up and further in! I’ll see you guys next season.
Episode Notes
Continuing Education
We’re joined in today’s episode by Leslie Bustard. Leslie is on the other side of the homeschooling journey—with three daughters graduated—but still recalls the many books that encouraged and challenged her through the years of home education. Consider grabbing one for your shelf.
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, Eugene Peterson
For the Children’s Sake, Susan Schaeffer Macauley
For the Family’s Sake, Susan Schaeffer Macauley
A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle
On the Incarnation, St. Athanasius
Letters of John Newton, John Newton
A Little Book on the Christian Life, John Calvin
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset
Leslie Bustard
Find Leslie and her work around the internet.
‘A Necessary Ally,’ for Risen Motherhood
‘In His Image: the Ezer,’ for Deeply Rooted
‘In His Image: Creating,’ for Deeply Rooted
‘In His Image: Cultivating,’ for Deeply Rooted
‘In His Image: Restoring,’ for Deeply Rooted
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