Posted in Reading, Spiritual Life on Jun 28th, 2011
Lynne Baab is the author of eight books, including the fabulous Sabbath Keeping, which prompted Doug and me to begin observing a day of rest each week, and Reaching Out in a Networked World, which convinced me that social media wasn’t all bad, that it could in fact be life-giving, and that marketing isn’t a [...]
Posted in Raising kids, Reading on Jun 21st, 2011
Last week in history, Jack and I were reading about ancient China – the creation of Chinese character writing, the Warring States, the rise of the Qin (pronounced chin), and the first emperor of unified China, the paranoid and utterly despicable Shi Huangdi, and his Great Wall and terra cotta warriors. Fascinating stuff. And all [...]
Posted in Reading on May 27th, 2011
Two summers ago I met The Penderwicks, a delightful family of four sisters who spent a rollicking summer vacation in Massachusetts. Last year, I became reacquainted with them as they tried to keep their widowed father from remarrying. And while I was on our family trip this month, the Penderwicks went to Maine. When I [...]
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.
