Posted in Reading on Oct 9th, 2009
I got invited to join a book group last month: my friend Tiffany sent her book-loving girlfriends an invitation to read Little Women and then come to a cool Wallingford coffeehouse this past Monday to discuss it. Seven of us showed up–and we had a rolicking, thoughtful, and thought-provoking discussion of Louisa May Alcott’s classic [...]
Posted in Writing on Oct 6th, 2009
On Saturday, we had Jack’s sixth birthday party. A half hour before it started, someone knocked on my door. It was my dad. And my mom. Who live in California! They’d driven up to surprise us and celebrate Jack’s birthday with him. You should have seen the look on Jack’s face–and Jane’s too–when Papa and [...]
Posted in Writing on Oct 2nd, 2009
Last Tuesday, I found out I’d not won a writing grant I applied for in March. On Thursday I found out I’d not won a writing contest I entered in June. I wasn’t surprised, really, but I was still disappointed. That evening, during our “Highlight/Lowlight” conversation over dinner, I told my kids, “My lowlight was [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.