I have stumbled upon something fun. Old School Blogging at The Miss Elaine-ous Life. Each month, a new meme. Flashback to blogging old-school. 5 Things I Have a Passion For 1. Rob and our girls (see hands above) 2. Reading 3. Writing 4. Justice 5. Sunshine 5 Things I Would Like to Do Before I […]
Read moreOne day last week, I found myself reading the ‘business travel’ section in the USA Today. The headline of the article was “Don’t forget to pack a good book” and there was a side bar listing frequent fliers favorite titles. I figured I would record a few of the books and move on to other […]
Read moreThe other day, I was reading one of my favorite sites, A Mighty Girl, and stumbled upon this fantastic quote. “The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” I’m a bit unsure as to he source but I’m thinking Anna Quindlen. As […]
Read more“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Read moreI wrote yesterday about our recent re-discovery of picture books. While we have found many great new titles, these stand out to me. In case, you too are experiencing a bit of a picture book slide, here a few to motivate you… Open This Little Book: Written by Jesse Klausmeier and illustrated by Suzy Lee […]
Read moreLast week, my wonderful children’s literature friend Jules, of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, alerted me to a recent article in The Guardian called Modern life means children missing out on the pleasures of a good book. The most alarming part of the article comes right in the second paragraph that reads, “Research presented to […]
Read moreI have been in many book clubs over the years and have loved each and every one of them. Each one had it’s own personality and it’s own percentage of time that was spent actually talking about the book. Last month, I joined a book club that is different from all the others. In this book […]
Read moreAnne, at Modern Mrs. Darcy, hosts a wonderful monthly reading round up called Twitterature. In this link up, writers are asked to create short, Twitter-style reviews of their recent reads. What a fun and easy way to learn what people are loving and in some cases, leaving. And on a related note, I am finally […]
Read more“Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.” -Carol Saline
Read moreI have read many great reviews of the middle grade novel The Paperboy by Vince Vawter. In this story, the eleven year old narrator takes on his friend’s paper route for the month of July 1959 in Memphis, TN. The story is one of friendship, family and racial disharmony. Most interesting for me though, as a […]
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