My sister-in-law turned me on to a blog called Reading My Tea Leaves by Erin Boyle, and I became a subscriber soon after. My favorites of hers so far are her posts titled, “My Week in Objects.” She displays a few pictures of things that had something to do with her week, then writes a sentence underneath them beginning with, “Because.”… View Post

  I’m so disappointed that I’m not posting here twice a week like I have been for the past few years. I have a lot to say; so many stories I want to tell you about. It turns out though, that I can’t produce the things I want to produce in the time I think I ought to produce them…. View Post

It’s a beautiful, story book fall day and I could care less because I’m fighting with my freezer. On Mondays, there are about 45 minutes in between getting the girls from school and Harper’s ballet class. Get home, empty backpacks and lunch boxes, get a snack, start homework, put on a leotard – tights first, Harper, then the leotard –… View Post

For the littles: I suggest Spooky Spooky Spooky! by Cathy MacLennan. Adorable pictures, fun, pithy words to chant as you turn the pages, and in the end everything that is spooky, spooky, spooky, is just the kiddos dressed up for Halloween. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is a must have for Halloween fans.  It has buttons to press that… View Post

Every time I read To Kill a Mockingbird I’m startled by something I didn’t notice the last time I read it. The first time I read the book I couldn’t believe Mrs. Dubose’s story was minimized to just a few seconds on film (“Don’t you say ‘hey’ to me you ugly girl!”).  Yes, I am one of those people who… View Post