These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, 8/13/15
In the turmoil of living conditions that we’ve been calling summer, I’m afraid my “favorite things” posts have fallen by the wayside. I mean, all of my posts have fallen by the wayside of course, but...
View ArticleSmartypants (Pete in School), by Maira Kalman
My kids still have over a week before the start of school, but I’m seeing the influx of “first day” pictures on Facebook and I’ve already filled a corner with stacks of school supplies to bring in. I...
View ArticleEdwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, by Mo Willems
The kids are back in school! Toby’s in second grade and Elsie’s in kindergarten- they’re both in multi-age Montessori classrooms so they’re with the same teachers and in the same rooms they were both...
View ArticleHow to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie Priceman
As Anne Shirley said, “I’m glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” It’s sweater weather again, the leaves are just beginning to turn, and the apples on our trees are turning red. It’s my...
View ArticleA Few of My Favorite Things, 10/12/15
It’s been a while since I’ve done a round up post, yes? It’s been an exhausting season, and stressful, so perhaps I’ve just not been focusing on favorite things. We’re not totally in the clear yet-...
View ArticleRoom on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
A few years ago, when we’d taken the kids to New Zealand for a month to travel about in a caravan, we found ourselves in a bookstore of all places. Shocking, I know. I had just started this blog and...
View ArticleThese Are a Few of My Favorite Things, 10/30/15
Happy Halloween tomorrow! Or as I prefer to refer to it, Happy Birthday Week to me! I turned 38 a couple of days ago, so the chocolate cake and champagne don’t count against my diet this week. It’s in...
View ArticleNext Stop Grand Central, by Maira Kalman
My friends, I apologize! I’ve been working from home for a long time now, ever since my daughter was born, and now that I’m working at the library, my cozy sitting-on-the-couch-with-my-computer time is...
View ArticleLast Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Pena
Remember when I first started this blog and I wrote two or three posts a week? Bahahahaha! Such is life. I’m adapting to working outside the house, but now I find my time inside the house is much more...
View ArticleChildren Just Like Me, by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
We had a bit of a sick week around here, there’s a bug going around. Staying home from school means lots of resting the first couple of days, but also lots of bouncing off walls when their temperatures...
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