Books

Bringing Up Girls

Bringing Up Girls

I’ve listened to his voice over the airwaves for hundreds of hours.  I was homeschooled because of one of his radio broadcasts.  But when I sat down to read his latest book, I realized I’d never read any one of his more than thirty books from cover to cover. Of course, I still haven’t.  Because…

Delicia

Delicia

You’ve heard about Patty Reed’s Doll.  You’ve read of Hitty.  And of course everyone knows Raggedy Ann.  But have you ever read The Story of Delicia? It was my grandmother’s book.  I grew up reading a photocopy of the precious original, that was enclosed with pink construction paper to match the pink board cover of…

A Promise Kept

A Promise Kept.  Such a simple phrase.  In a short little book.  With a lifetime of meaning. My husband’s grandfather already had Alzheimer’s when I met him.  I only saw Grandpa twice.  I only saw a shadow of the personality that was his.  But Grandpa’s military photo from the 1940’s?  That smile is the same…

Books

Eloise Wilkin

Eloise Wilkin has always been my favorite children’s book illustrator.  In fact, she’s probably my very favorite illustrator ever (excepting my husband’s drawings of classic cars and my daughter’s “pictures,” of course!).  I grew up with my parents reading me the Golden Sturdy Shape Book versions of My Good Morning Book and My Good Night…

Give Us Wisdom

Sometimes I have to laugh at the varied reading material we have sitting on our coffee table.  Hot Rod magazine right next to the latest issue of No Greater Joy.  The Ezzo’s Childwise beneath Ginger Plowman’s Don’t Make Me Count to Three on heart-oriented discipline (coming more from the same perspective than you might guess). …

My Cookbook Shelf

My Cookbook Shelf

“Food prepared with a light heart and in a happy frame of mind is often the best food. Preparing the special foods that are favorites of those you love…making just a little effort to garnish the salad with a sprig of parsley, a bit of grated cheese, or a wild strawberry from the nearby meadow….

The End.

The End.