The other day my brother and dad and I went fishing on a lake which led into a narrow stream flanked by high banks with trees on each side. I was rowing the boat... and both me and my brother were thinking, "This feels SO much like that scene in Prince Caspian when they're taking the boat to Aslan's How!" 😆
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Found a toy sword discarded on someone’s lawn. Made me wonder what would have made a warrior drop his weapon.
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Cleander lol XD
Looks like you all had fun.
My sister tripped and slid down the ladded of our bunk beds, she stopped and said, "That wouldn't have happened if Aslan was at the other side of the cliff"
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Went raspberry-picking today and have scratches on one arm. Looked at them and thought, “I look like I’ve just told Aslan that I’ve been mean to cats.”
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@Ariel- weirdly relatable lol!
While playing a boardgame which involves getting to name different provinces and islands, I chose to name one of them Avra- and then realized that Avra was one of the Lone Islands. Figures that would pop into my head!
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Today my sister had us over to her house to move an old wardrobe upstairs to... wait for it...
The Spare Room!
You did check it, right?
Kristi and I were chatting and the subject of Snow White came up. In the midst of my describing Snow White, I came upon a revelation: Jadis is Snow White.
- literally snow-white skin
- super red lips
- (per illustrations, though Lewis never said) black hair
- is beautiful
- ate a life-changing apple
- was wakened from enchanted sleep
- hangs out with dwarfs and animals
That's hilarious, Ariel! And so true 🙂 She is also the Snow Queen
On July 25, 2020, my family started reading through the Chronicles of Narnia "chronologically" together as a pandemic pastime. We are now over halfway through, having begun The Voyage of the Dawn Treader today! We are having so much fun rediscovering Lewis' wonderful narratives and dialogue that we affectionately look forward each day to our Narnicles of Chronia time (coined by my husband first, but now we all have adopted this neologism)!
My Life is Narnian.
In the course of doing my work on a file, the name Aslan appeared. I knew this was a name applied to more than just Lewis’ lion, but still. 🙂
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I found a recipe for Turkish delight, and immediately started quoting Narnia!
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I don't why I never shared this before. When I was a little girl (5 or 6) there was a family of Beavers living in my backyard. They would always come out after it rained and run around the yard. I would watch them from my brother's window and imagine what they were saying. This was before I knew about Narnia.
Came across this impassioned speech in Frankenstein, of all things:
"... Did you not call this a glorious expedition? And wherefore was it glorious? Not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea, but because it was full of dangers and terror; because at every new incident your fortitude was to be called forth and your courage exhibited, because danger and death surrounded it, and these you were to brave and overcome. For this was it a glorious, for this was it an honourable undertaking. You were hereafter to be hailed as the benefactors of your species, your names adored as belonging to brave men who encountered death for honour and the benefit of mankind. And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril.... Oh! be men, or be more than men, Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. ... Return as heroes who have fought and conquered and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe."
Somewhere in the midst of the stirring of my own emotions, it brought to mind Reepicheep especially (he'd think it a fine speech) but Dawn Treader more broadly.
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Dr John MacArthur has done a character-study series on the twelve apostles, and his description of Thomas sounded familiar. In particular, in his analysis of John 11:16: Thomas says that the disciples ought to go to Judea with Jesus and "die with Him", which is indicates:
- decisive initiative on his part (taking a leadership position among them in this moment)
- the bravery of a pessimist (being sure that Jesus would die, and yet being willing to go himself anyway)
- and a declaration of love (through an attitude of "better to die with Him than to live without Him")
As soon as I heard that, I thought, "So he's Puddleglum."
Now I both understand Thomas better and appreciate Puddleglum a little more than I already had.
MLIN
Checking out a site that specializes in personalized items. Came across an etched-glass clock design featuring a flowering branch and an inscription reading "Remembering you as time goes by." Immediately thought of "Remembering You." MLIN
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