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Concord for Christmas

December 23, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

Our last stop on our Boston Christmas vacation was Concord.  Oh, how I loved visiting Concord!  Steady Eddie and I had been through Concord back seventeen years ago this past June on our honeymoon trip (ultimate destination:  PEI).  We had a limited amount of time on both trips, so we had to pick and choose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Boston, Christmas, Concord, Field Trips, Holiday, literary trips, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, U.S. History

Amherst for Christmas

December 22, 2016 by Amy 4 Comments

Amherst was at the top of my list for our trip to the Boston area.  In fact, I suspect it’s the reason Steady Eddie had Boston on his radar when we began thinking about a Christmas trip.  After all, I had only mentioned The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art a time or two … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Amherst, Boston, Field Trips, literary trips, Picture Books, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Boston for Christmas

December 20, 2016 by Amy 5 Comments

This year we decided to do something completely new for us.  We decided to take off for a week in an unknown (to us) city and explore!  In an effort to make the holiday meaningful (and to simplify our lives, a quest I feel like I’m just beginning and am hoping to take our family … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Boston, Christmas, Field Trips, Holiday, literary trips, U.S. History

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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