Posted in Raising kids, Reading on Feb 7th, 2012
In his newest book, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, Alan Jacobs defines “one dominant, overarching, nearly definitive principle for reading: Read at Whim.” He goes on to quote Randall Jarrell, a poet and essayist and author of the delicious children’s book The Bat-Poet, which has language so ripe and rich, my kids and [...]
Posted in Reading on Jan 31st, 2012
We didn’t do a whole lot of reading this month: a few folktales and two novels. For us, that’s practically a Lent-like fast from books. Only it isn’t Lent. Which is a good thing, because the two novels we read were so delicious they don’t really count as fasting fare. The Magician’s Elephant by Kate [...]
Posted in Reading on Dec 16th, 2011
The first Friday of Advent, I headed down to the basement to grab our wreath-form, so I could take it to church that night and make our Advent wreath. Since I was rummaging around in the Advent box, I grabbed a dozen or so of our favorite Christmas books and brought them upstairs, too. As [...]
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.
