I love Twitterature days. Once a month, Anne at Modern Mrs. Darcy hosts a link up of short, Twitter style book reviews. Below are my books for the month. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett I thought I was going to hate this book and I ended up loving it. To […]
Read moreThis was the year that I started watching television again. Therefore, it was confusing that my two favorite shows, Homeland and Scandal, seemed to play no part at the Golden Globes. Therefore, I decided to focus on the dresses. Here are my top 5 favorites and why I liked them. Clearly Amy Adams really liked […]
Read moreThis weekend we traveled to the city to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the girl’s art teacher and three other families from our elementary school. Last spring, we had bid on an item at our school’s silent auction that made this event possible. Caroline and I took this same trip two years ago […]
Read more“The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.” -Mem Fox (Reading Magic: Why […]
Read moreLast week I wrote briefly about choosing my ‘one little word’ for 2014. Shine. I wrote that I wasn’t sure where the word would take me. I signed up for Ali Edwards on-line class to give me a bit of motivation. I’ve enjoyed the beginning of the class but as is often the case […]
Read moreWith long school breaks and snowy days and travels, this week finally feels like the beginning of the year for me. I didn’t have a post written for today and then Katherine stood at the door this morning and called me over. “Look! I made a heart!”, she said. This reflecting heart seemed like the […]
Read moreRob and I spent this weekend in DC attending a memorial service for our friend CAM. It is hard to explain the weekend and I know that my thoughts will not do it justice. The first words that come to mind are sadness yet joy, tears yet laughter, confusion yet comfort. Both CAM and his […]
Read moreToday I will participating in Modern Mrs. Darcy‘s (of Twitterature fame) Best Books of 2013 link up. So here goes and please share yours too! Best Memoir: Best Historical Fiction: Best Mystery: Best Surprise Ending: Best Audio Book: Best Young Adult: Best Book Read for Bookclub: Best Book by an Author I Didn’t Think I […]
Read moreI had all but decided I was not going to chose One Little Word this year. Nothing was speaking to me. There have been years where words were so obvious but this year… nothing. And then today, as I caught up with blog reading I noticed more and more people choosing words. I decided to […]
Read more“You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. “I cannot,” never accomplished anything; “I will try,” has wrought wonders.” -J. Hawes
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