Let the 12 Books of Christmas 2013 begin!! For more moments, visit Amanda’s Soule Mama where she describes her Friday posts this way, “A Friday ritual. A single photo-no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause and remember.”
Read moreRecently, the great people at McSweeney’s McMullens reached out to me and introduced to a few of their children’s titles. I thought I would choose my favorite to share with you all today. Meet Crabtree by Jon and Tucker Nichols. I have read some reviews that compare Crabtree to a Richard Scary book which I think […]
Read moreShana and I are both thrilled about all the response we received to our first post in this series last week. During the time we were trying to name our series, my e-mail decided to be very uncooperative so we didn’t chose a similar title. Shana’s post was titled Learning to Like a Social Network (or […]
Read moreI did a happy dance when I read the Wall Street Journal last week. And no, that doesn’t happy very often. You see, the cover story of the Arena section was titled “See Grown-Ups Read. Read, Grown-Ups, Read.” And it said pretty much what I have been saying for years. There are really, really good books […]
Read moreI’m not quite sure how it is that I have never read this piece by Erma Bombeck but I haven’t. Fortunately, I was introduced to it today and I plan on printing it out and putting it on my bulletin board immediately. Lately, I have been saying that ten is the new thirteen. It seems […]
Read more“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson For more moments, visit Amanda’s Soule Mama where she describes her Friday posts this way, “A Friday ritual. A single photo-no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause and remember.”
Read moreI had been drafting a post in my head throughout the week about Uri Shulevitz’s new book Dusk. I had read it and thought it was the perfect book for the holiday season. The book tells the story of a boy, his grandfather and his dog as they explore the world at dusk. The reader […]
Read moreA few months ago, I met Shana through one of my favorite blog link-ups, Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Twitterature. We have been sharing our thoughts on each other’s blogs since then and I have so enjoyed getting to know Shana through her writing. A few weeks ago, I realized that Shana was often sharing my posts on […]
Read moreA ten year old boy in our community lost his four year long battle with cancer last week. I didn’t know him personally but his death has really been felt by all the parents and children here. While I feel incredibly sad, the loss of Michael has also made me so incredibly grateful for each […]
Read moreThis weekend was a first. We have never gotten a Christmas tree in November. In fact, I have always wondered why people would get a tree quite so early. This year, though, because of various commitments in the coming weeks, we chose our tree this weekend. And a great thing happened. We really weren’t in […]
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