I’m reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (for the time being, we’ll see how long I stick with it). I can’t decide whether I like it or I find it pretentious (which will probably determine how long I stick with it). I do like this section, so post it here: If I can’t…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it feels like September.I am thinking… about school starting in 10 minutes.I am thankful… that we’re getting back on our regular schedule after the past couple of months.In the kitchen… I cleaned it up this morning. The dishwasher needs run.I am wearing… jeans (in July! Unheard of!) and a purple…
Huge sigh. So glad this week is done! It wasn’t a bad week. It started out as a pretty good week. Somewhere along the way I lost a day. Suddenly on Wednesday it wasn’t Tuesday. Don’t you hate that? Or am I the only one that happens to? Monday and Tuesday were pretty complete days….
The first entry is this poem from E. Nesbit’s The Phoenix and the Carpet. The Phoenix and the Carpet” is dedicated to her “dear godson, Hubert Griffith and his sister, Margaret” and the poem is as follows: Dear Hubert, if I ever found A wishing carpet lying round, I’d stand upon it, and I’d say…
Yes, she of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest Son, His Wife, Their Baby, Their Toddler, and Their Five-Year-Old Came to Live with Us for Thr… by Judith…
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Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 3 of 5 stars Library. This was my least favorite Lord Peter book so far. 1) I never really understood why they were spending so much time on train travel. The train travel was confusing to one who has never traveled by train. 2) There were…
We’re starting back up with read alouds at dinner. We’ve been reading The Christian Almanac and our family devotion regularly during baseball and soccer season, but it’s good to delve back into a book. We chose Man of the Family by Ralph Moody. It’s the sequel to Little Britches, a book we all loved. I…
