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Adam of the Road
by Elizabeth Janet Gray In 13th century...
29 April 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
The Secret Garden
by Francis Hodgson Burnett What an excellent book! A bossy, spoiled girl named Mary is living in India...
A Second Grade Interpretation
One of #3's assignments last week was to illustrate the poem he'd memorized called 'The Owl and the Pussycat'. It was a love story that started with...
I Asked for This
Following the birth of my most recent baby, I wouldn’t stop bleeding. Anxious medical personnel weighed Chux pads and injected me with various...
The Way of Perfection via Postpartum Motherhood
While pregnant, I started a book by Saint Theresa of Avila on contemplative prayer called The Way of Perfection. It was a book I’d bought years ago...
High Society Haunted House
“I love autumn dahling,” Nancy said from the back seat of their chauffeur driven Lincoln. “It’s perfect weather for pairing my leopard print...
Probably How Not to Query a Literary Agent
I wrote a book last summer. I experienced the very rare phenomenon of having all of the stars perfectly align in my life so that I could sit and...
What Virtue Would I Be Known For? A Dialogue Between Husband and Wife
One evening, I sat down across from my husband at the dining room table with a yellow pad and pen. He politely marked his place and put his book...
A Seinfeld Script I wrote in High School
I’d come up with an episode for Seinfeld when I was in high school (which may or may not have been a little over twenty years ago). I vaguely...
Top 10 Reasons Why I am a Blogging Horror Show
When I was young, I dreamed of going into the newspaper business, becoming an ace reporter and eventually, after years of hard work, winding up with...
Giving Up Complaining, an Experiment
I like to listen to Dr. Ray Guarendi’s radio show in the morning when I’m making breakfast and doing dishes. One such morning, he...