Exactly five years ago, I wrote about the blogs I loved reading. The blogs I love are simply fun to read. They’re not work-related or family-related or news-related. I stumbled across that post last month and wondered how much my reading list might have changed over time. It seemed appropriate to do a comparison. My […]
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Monday Morning Random Reads
Start your Monday off right with a stroll through what I’ve discovered on the internet lately: Business Insider has overlaid statistics from the Census, and Pew and Gallup surveys to develop a list of 14 facts about the American population. Some interesting – and disheartening – findings. The Dallas Cowboys post their own version of Jimmy […]
Taking Time to Read and Reflect
Just before New Year’s, The Boy and I finished our one-year chronological Bible reading plan. It really was eye and soul-opening to read the scriptures this way, providing interesting historical context to what can at times seem to be familiar passages. I was also able to see greater themes within the scriptures of grace and […]
Learning About Boundaries
With relatively limited options during our extended power outage, we took advantage of the quiet and finished reading Boundaries. I highly recommend this book. We all struggle with knowing when and how to say no, as well as when and how to say yes. As it turns out, this book talks a great deal about […]
How You Know You Had a Great Teacher
You know a teacher made a difference when you find a suggested reading list from class in your filing cabinet 24 years later and you still want to keep it. Thank you (once again), Mrs. Adams.
A Great Mystery
It’s not every day that you come home to a package. And it’s really not every day that you come home to a package when you haven’t ordered anything. What we have here, my friends, is a mystery. Inside? A lovely selection of books for writers. In The Boy’s words: Well, this looks like the […]
At Least She’s Determined
It takes quite a bit of work for someone without opposible thumbs to do this: Pardon the poor quality cell phone photo Now if only I could remember where I was in that novel….
Reading up a Storm
I am so happy to report that I was able to reduce my nightstand bookstack from six to two feet high. Yes, I still have several books to read. But I’m better off than I was. And I was able to read at least one book for my pure enjoyment every month last year. Here’s […]
Checking the List
Not my Christmas list…that would be a miracle. I’m way behind on shopping (and decorating and cooking and…) But somehow, I did find time to stop at the library for one last checkout for 2011: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. And with that, I had one more goal to check off my 101 list […]
Another One Done
I almost forgot! With my reading of Harriett Tubman’s biography, I finished another 101 List item. Confession: Right now this is feeling like the never-ending list. Whew. Anyway – here’s what I’ve read: Washington Lincoln Escape from Korea (US serviceman shot down during the Korean War) The Good Stuff (Cary Grant) Harriett Tubman If I […]