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 [...]
Posted in Raising kids, Reading on May 10th, 2011
If you ask me, a day without reading is a day without meaning. I just love books. I love stories. And I love sharing my love of the written word with my children. It’s one of the few things I think I’m pretty dang good at as a mom: I feed them wholesome food for [...]
Posted in Writing on Feb 1st, 2011
One of my favorite things about being a mom is sharing good books with my kids. Right now, we’re re-reading A.A. Milne’s The House at Pooh Corner. Milne is a delightful writer, funny and lovely at the same time. He also writes some insanely long sentences, especially considering that preschoolers are the primary audience for [...]
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.
