Why I’m Playing Fantasy Football
Stacks of picture books were loaded into the basket of the stroller, the crook of my arm, and even...
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The Uses of Enchantment
The day I decided to become a mother, I was sitting in a college lecture hall, surrounded by more...
It’s Halloween, and I’m busy reading…
scary books. This post is from 2009, and I still don’t quite feel like it’s Halloween until we pull...
On Moving Mountains
This afternoon, I escaped the mayhem here and went downtown, to the big library to fetch a book my...
Making Butter Spreadable… and Healtheir
It’s been awhile since I took the time to take those cold hard-as-brick sticks of butter and put them...
Summer Read: The Hiding Place
I’m feeling a bit lost. I just finished the book, the true story, The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom....
Have You Introduced Yourself to Arthur Geisert?
After attending my first real “story time” at the library with my son, I felt as if I had...
A Good Story Always Helps Me Sleep
The words pulled me back upstairs, for one more tale. I picked up this book, The Hungry Coat: A...
Searching For The Greatest
In every town he visited, a violent protest broke out in the streets where Gaylen, the boy in The...