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Anything that gives light must burn. As I was returning a stroller-full of books to my library this week, I began chatting with a stranger about the work of parenthood. He had commented on my double stroller- a contraption he hadn’t seen before- or perhaps not noticed before. He had spent the last 10 monthsContinue reading “Light”

My toddler is not quite three years old, so I suppose many would say he’s in the thoroughs of the terrible twos. But are they so terrible? Some days, I would say yes. But as we are closing in on his upcoming third birthday, I’m more often like to say: Terrific twos. This age bringsContinue reading “I ate your crackers all.”

As parents, we are striving to teach our kids right from wrong, virtue from vice, how to pursue the good, even when it is time-consuming, less comfortable, and downright hard. But how do we do this? And what sort of exceptions should we have for them? If we expect our kids to clean up afterContinue reading “Growing up, Expectations, and Mercy”

Tables of books, dusty and old yet full of wonders, treasures untold. Will I find an old Bible? Or Robinson Crusoe on his raft? Or if I search really hard, an entire set of the 1970’s ChildCraft. For only one dollar- I can’t believe my victory! The 3-disk DVD collection, of Anne of Avonlea! Oh,Continue reading “Ode to Library Book Sales”

My husband selected this book for me at our local library book sale. “I felt you would like it,” he remarked. Indeed, I do. It is a young adult novel, and is not a complicated plot. A young orphan girl lives in Vienna, raised by two maids. As the story unravels, young Annika lives aContinue reading “Review: The Star Of Kazan”

Book Review: A Lantern in her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich I am a member of a delightful facebook group that discusses all things quality books and literature. My “to-be-read” list grew and grew after joining the group, but that is a delightful problem to have. In a thread about books that have a “strong senseContinue reading “Review: A Lantern In Her Hand”

I picked up with book based on a recommendation of a friend, and the fact that it was actually available at my library for immediate checkout during the COVID lockdown(1.0) Written in 1934 by Evelyn Waugh, I was intrigued, as I had only read his most famous “Brideshead Revisted.” I had absolutely no idea whatContinue reading “Review: A Handful of Dust”

Two weeks to flatten the curve…two months to help our healthcare workers…two years until life returns?

yes, yes it is. All the top influencers are on insta, Twitter, fb and whatever new app that I don’t even know about. But that’s not my goal. Five years ago when I started this domain name, I put all this weird pressure on myself. I was fearful that everyone would think what I wroteContinue reading “Why blog? Isn’t blogging a dead art?”