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 [...]
Jack is reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe right now. He reads it to himself every night before lights-out, and he reads a couple pages to me each day so I know he’s reading the words correctly and understands what he’s reading. He is. He does. Which is pretty amazing, if you ask [...]
Posted in Writing on Sep 28th, 2010
Our house is a little small. We have two babies, two kids, two adults, and two cats sharing an 800-square-foot house. Two bedrooms, one bathroom. I would dearly like to be able to move someplace a tad larger. Unfortunately, we bought that sofa-mobile, which we have to pay for and which means it will be [...]
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.