About





Bienvenue! I'm a housewifely, book-loving, very old-fashioned Kansas girl who is loved by Jesus. I started this blog at the age of thirteen, under the pen name Awdur, which is Welsh for "writer." While I no longer have the ability to write 40+ posts a year, I keep it around for sentimentality's sake.

The assorted random facts:

I was homeschooled first through twelfth grade. Though my high school graduation is now many years in the past, homeschooling shaped me and will forever be a part of my story. I once tried to get an elementary education degree but found out that I was too homeschooled to stay in the program (I switched to history instead). Yes, I had friends. No, I never wore pajamas to school. 

 Many of my posts are related to Jane Austen. She is my hero. I long tracked my age in terms of her heroines (currently between Jane Bennet and Anne Elliot). I also like to read (and write about) Tolkien, Dickens, and C. S. Lewis. If I'm not reading some British lit, I'm probably perusing articles from a history journal.

ISTJ, Enneagram 5, house elf... if you care about those things.

Other things to know: I have a lot of opinions, I am married to a sweet, funny, and brilliant physicist, and I actually enjoy getting up at 6:00 am.

12 comments:

  1. Hello Kindred Spirit! I found your blog, and I was like oh my goodness! :0 I am a Christian teenager too, and I LOVE LOTR! I will definitely be reading it. :)

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    1. How lovely to hear from you, MiddleEarthMusician! Always nice to find kindred spirits!
      (I noticed your picture is a violin... do you play? I just started lessons!)

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  2. Yes, actually; I've been playing for a few years now. Awesome that you started as well! Do you like it?

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    1. So far it's uphill work, but I think I'm going to. :)

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  3. I know what you mean. 😉 Are you learning Classical, Fiddle, or something else?

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    1. Um... I'm a very ignorant person. :) I assume classical?

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  4. That's what I play. It's generally movie scores, Bach, Mozart, Hymns, that sort of thing. :)

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  6. We are totally birds of a feather!

    I'm nineteen. I'm an English Country Dancer. I'm a homeschooled Christian. I sew. I'm a history nut. I've played piano since I was nine, and I really like Grieg, Chopin, and Debussy. I have NOT been to the UK and I do not live in the midwest. I'm a historical costumer.

    http://mysoulisfedwithneedleandthread.blogspot.com/

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    1. Hi Michaela! Blogger has been difficult for me, and although I tried to respond to your comment directly after you posted it, my own blog wasn't letting me post comments for a while...??
      I'm always thrilled to hear from a kindred spirit! (And particularly homeschooler. That fact alone makes me glad to see your comment. :P ) English country dancing is not so common... That's cool that you know the YAPD and RD authors too!

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  7. Also, the blog author of Regency Delight and Yet Another Period Drama blog are my personal friends.

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