Posted in Church Year, Reading, Writing on Oct 25th, 2011
Okay, so I don’t actually have a jeep for sale, cheap or otherwise. That’s the last line from one of my favorite picture books, Nancy Shaw’s rompy rhyme Sheep in a Jeep, delightfully illustrated by Margot Apple. But, even though I’m not hawking a jeep today, I am selling something. And selling it cheap even. [...]
Posted in Raising kids, Reading on Oct 10th, 2011
Last week, we read several old favorites: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey We used to own this book, but we read it so many times that it fell apart. When I saw it lying in a pile of books on a table at the library, I grabbed it and added it to my book [...]
Posted in Raising kids, Reading on Oct 4th, 2011
For history this year, Jack and I are studying the Middle Ages, which is my favorite time period ever. Okay, so maybe I should be more specific: British history from the end of the Roman era to the rise of the Renaissance is my favorite time period ever. The rest of the world…well, that’s why [...]
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.
