a harvest of great books
I once read a book while my kids were choosing books at Borders about a man who was going to lose his pumpkin farm if he didn’t come up with $100, 000 to pay off the mortgage. To save his farm, he...
View Articlea salute to tasha tudor and a list of favorite fall books
Tasha Tudor passed away this summer. You may recognize her work from the covers of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess (when published by HarperFestival). Having lived a full and fascinating life...
View Articlethanksgiving dialogue
A new reader named Susan made a comment on the “manners don’t matter? excuse me” post. She gave an example of how she taught her kids manners with a little toy pig at the table. Go ahead and read her...
View Articlemilestones
happy new year! and a happy 100th post to all of you, my loyal and amazing readers!! I would have quit a long time ago if it weren’t for all of you. Two big milestones for me. So, here is my...
View Articlekatie brown and a splendid cause.
I live in the middle of a desert, with endless weeks stretching ahead before I can reasonably hope for a cool breeze. And yet, today, the heavens winked in my direction. It rained in torrents for at...
View Articleidentity crisis
I love this picture because I wasn’t posing. My son Stuart took it when I was watching my new husband speak about Schrodinger’s Cat at a presentation for his new book The Quantum League. Matt and I had...
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