There are some weeks when one topic seems to surround me. Last week the topic was required reading and reading logs. The joy and the despair. The love and the hate. The necessity and the ‘wait, it is really a necessity?’. I have always disliked the idea of reading logs for my girls. I acknowledge […]
Read more“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” -Jane Smiley
Read moreBefore we moved to New Jersey, I was very confused by all the different food stores my mother in law visited each week. In Richmond, we went to Ukrops and we could find everything and anything we wanted. Then we moved here and I understood. We shop at Stop and Shop for all the basics. […]
Read moreI recently sent the piece of writing below out in to the vast world hoping it would be picked up for publication. When it wasn’t, I was sad at first but then realized I had my own publishing platform right here. Just another reason to love my blog, I suppose… When I sat down to […]
Read moreI have been posting quizzes for the past few weeks as I participate in Big Picture Classes’ Quizapalooza. This week’s version of the quiz focuses on ‘when’ questions. Here goes… When is the best time of day? I love the way the light looks right around 8am at this time of year. Things are still […]
Read moreEvery so often, I like to write about the newspaper articles that have caught my eye over the weekend. It feels like ages since I last sat down to write such a post and it turns out, it has been. When I looked back in the archives The Weekend Papers: Fourth Edition was posted on […]
Read more“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” -Thoreau (Quote discovered at Kelly’s beautiful space, Minding My Nest)
Read moreThere are a few things I wish I could be paid to do. Being a student is first on the list. I would have degrees in literature and writing, art history and photography and on and on and on. My other ‘wish it was a career’ is ‘reader of book lists.’ I love, love, love […]
Read moreI think Monday’s are going to be quiz days around here. At least while I am participating in Big Picture’s Quizapalooza. Here’s another “Last Quiz.” Last week’s was about people. This week, things. What is the last good book I read? The last book that really stuck with me was Euphoria by Lily King. I’m […]
Read more“Reading should not be presented to a child as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” -Kate DiCamillo
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