[please excuse the ramblings here… I’m really, really tired. It’s been a long day] Yes, I was actually there! I packed up Grace and drove several hours to Atlanta to get a chance to hear some of my favorite bloggers talk about how to use the “new media” to reach their little corner of the … [Read more…]
Thank you one and all for your sweet comments on our fairy gardens (see below). The gardens are still going strong, and still (gasp!) in one piece — no one has tried to take the little pieces and play with them… which in our family is saying quite a lot. I haven’t been ignoring y’all… … [Read more…]
I have to take a few minutes to talk about some of the books my kids and I have been reading recently. After seeing a recommendation for The Lightning Thief by Dawn from By Sun and Candlelight, I was intrigued. Greek mythology set in modern times? hmmmmmmmm. The first paragraph (or two) really pulls the … [Read more…]
Ugh. Some days, I wonder about myself. I stopped by the library this morning and picked up the book Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest … Came to Live with Us for Three Months by Judith Viorst. I’m … [Read more…]
Since I enjoyed reading Hungry Planet so much, I had to follow it up with Peter Menzel’s earlier book Material World from my library. Another two thumbs up. As is fairly obvious from the title, the author photographed families outside their homes with the entire contents of their households around them. For some, that required … [Read more…]
I got the book Hungry Planet from the library, and have spent the past two days stealing every free moment to read it. It is amazing. I have always been fascinated by other cultures, so this (naturally) was something that I would be attracted to immediately. And it hit me on several levels. First: Anytime … [Read more…]
I had good intentions — keeping a running list of books that I’ve read in any given year — but I fell behind. I’m the kind of person that reads constantly. You can go into just about any room in my house and find some book that I am currently reading. It’s one of my … [Read more…]
Grace, Eventually: Thoughts on Faith (Anne Lamott)I knew this book would upset me greatly in places (I had seen several other reviews), but I wanted to read it because Anne Lamott has a wonderful writing style and always makes me think. This book is no exception. On the pro side of things, her views on … [Read more…]
I had hoped to be faithful with my booklist, but somehow I keep falling behind! Oh well… while the kids are still sleeping, let me see if I can put up some quick reviews: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Sue Monk Kidd)Some of you may remember how I wrote about her book The Secret … [Read more…]
One of my “must read” bloggers, The Internet Monk, has a wonderful post on “Post-Evangelicals and the Path of Catholic Spirituality.” As he mentioned in his post, one of the things I liked most about my years of evangelicalism is that everything was neat and orderly. There was a Bible verse and an explanation for … [Read more…]