Civil War ramblings
(My Great (x3) Grandfather McKinney in the Civil War)
For the last week or so, I’ve been ditching the schooltime classical music in favor of a bunch of Smithsonian Folkways recordings. Woody Guthrie & Mahalia Jackson are every bit as important as Puccini. More relevant, too, since we’re studying American history at the moment. Ms. Lydia will be wandering around singing “In the Pines” for weeks now.
Also, while we’re on the subject of American history, we’ve been watching Gone With the Wind for the last few days. I’m ashamed to say I’d never seen it before, and wow, wow, wow! It’s amazing. Yes, I do realize that everyone else in the world already knew that.
So many Civil War books this past month. I really hope that there is at least one read-aloud book before summer that won’t make me bawl. Probably not. I do so love all of the literature I’ve been exposed to in Sonlight this year, even if most of it makes me cry. I’m rather sappy that way.
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OK, you’re officially on my blogroll now. It’s hard to find a book about the civil war that doesn’t make you cry.
Alright, I’ve never watched Gone With the Wind so I guess I will have to notlfix it now.
As a side note, we broke up the film into about 3 nights, and just watched MOST of the last part yesterday. I say most because there hit a point where Lydia started screaming and crying and saying “I HATE THIS MOVIE TURN IT OFF!” She was upset about it for the rest of the night.
So be forewarned, although there’s lots of tragedy all the way through the story, when terrible things happen to children it gets more affecting for the more sensitive kids among us.
(I still love it and will have to watch the last of it when she’s not around.)