I wondered, again, why I chose such a difficult name for my blog. Magistra is Latin for (female) teacher; Mater means mother. I was telegraphing my bent toward classical home education. I was deep in my Latin Stage, in which I interrupted you whenever you used a word whose Latin root I had recently learned.
Me: “Attention literally means to stretch toward.”
You: (questioning stare) (pause)
You: “…well, I need to monitor their—“
Me: “Monitor literally means to warn.”
You: “…um, so I’ll just put in a video…”
Me: “I see.”
If I were to start a blog today, Nana Babe would be a better moniker. My grandsons call me Nana, my husband calls me Babe.
I could shorten it to N.B. which is also short for Nota Bene which, ahem, is (I blush to say) Latin for pay attention.
[…and if you want to follow the blog through Facebook you can find me there at Magistra Mater…]
A Living Pencil 
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! LOVE it! 🙂 Can totally picture that conversation.
think xanga is passe’ ?? I’m wondering myself….
Oh.my. You are so funny, Carol. N.B. is a brilliant idea.Di
Love it!!
Nota bene is probably one of my favorite phrases of all time. But I think Skip always said, “Note bene,” didn’t he? I must say I do prefer Nana Babe, myself. Like I should definitely be someone else besides Limbolady at this point, right?
He he 🙂 It’s all Greek to me.