Sometimes I can’t sleep. That has not been normal for me, but lately I fear that it is becoming normal. This morning at about 4 a.m. I decided that maybe if I read a little bit I would tire and go back to sleep. (Never mind that I was reading on the Kindle app on … [Read more…]
I finally finished reading Iva Ibbotson’s Journey to the River Sea aloud to my girls, and this passage just about jumped out at me and gave me a high-five. This pretty well sums up what a child’s life should be like, at least in my highly idealistic mind. (Warning: this comes at the very end … [Read more…]
I’m reading Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson aloud to my girls as a part of their geography studies. From the first paragraph, it has been a surprise hit. It’s the story of Maia, an orphan, who has been summoned away from her boarding school in England to live with relatives in the Amazonian … [Read more…]
I’ve been reading Little Women to my girls nightly for several weeks now, and tonight I read a passage that positively made me laugh aloud in appreciation. I want to note it here before I forget. It perfectly sums up what I’ve shared before of my ideas about reading idealistic romance novels as a teen … [Read more…]
This month we’ve spent time with a favorite author, Elizabeth Enright, in two of her summertime stories. Return to Gone-Away, the second of the pair, is full of delightful descriptions. This one almost makes me want a kitten. Almost. 🙂 Mr. Ormond Horton had been as good as his word; he had brought Portia one … [Read more…]
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