Spontaneity vs. scheduling

This was originally posted two years ago almost to the day. I was working on post in which I was going to link to it, but as I read through it, I realized it said what I wanted to say already. ____________________________________________________________ I’ve always loved holidays and the opportunity to celebrate something special, to do [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Encouragement

The Booking Through Thursday question for this week is one I submitted how to encourage non-reading older children to read. Reading was one of our favorite activities when the kids were little. We read all through the day, every night before bedtime, took regular trips to the library, signed up for reading programs with fun [...]

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Wednesday’s Random Dozen

Linda at 2nd cup of coffee created and hosts the Random Dozen meme every Wednesday. You can answer the questions on your blog and link up to Linda’s plus find more participants there. 1. Are you pleasant when you’re ill, or are you a grumpy, fussy patient? I’m not pleasant, but I don’t think I [...]

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Book Review: Words Unspoken

I don’t remember where I saw a recommendation for Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser. I keep an ever-growing list of books I want to look into, and I usually note what led me to interest in the book, but I failed to this time. But I am glad I saw it recommended somewhere. In Tennessee [...]

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The Week in Words

Melissa at Breath of Life hosts a weekly carnival called The Week In Words,which involves sharing some words from your reading. Melissa explains, “Playing along is simple, just write a post of the quote(s) that spoke to you during the week (attributed, of course) and link back here [at Melissa's]. They can be from any [...]

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Microfiction Monday

Welcome to Microfiction Monday, where a picture only paints 140 characters. Susan at Stony River has begun a Microfiction Monday wherein participants write a story in 140 characters or less based on a particular image that Susan has chosen for the day.  Design 215’s Character Counter helps keep track of the number of characters. It’s [...]

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Book Review: Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping

Some time back I found this quote somewhere online (I forgot to note where) from a book titled Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping: In these notes, I have endeavored to impart knowledge necessary for keeping a neat, well-ordered home. But beyond that, I wish for you to understand the larger issues of homekeeping — [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in. 1. One of my favorite [...]

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Book Review: The Tartan Pimpernel

The title of The Tartan Pimpernel hearkens back to the The Scarlet Pimpernel, the imaginary but legendary rescuer of those unfairly appointed to death during the French Revolution. In this case, however, the rescuer was a very real Scottish pastor in France during World War II. On the brink of the German invasion of Paris, [...]

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Give-away of Scrapbooking supplies

…not here, but at Karla Dornacher’s place.

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