It has been a busy weekend in our little town! Concord, Mass. was incorporated on September 12, 1635, and the townspeople are pulling out all the stops to celebrate our 375th birthday. I know that may not sound like much to European readers of this blog, but, it’s a lot of years around here (and [...]
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She was ready for the beach and able to read a few pages while the rest of us were still slathering on sunscreen. Do you recognize the book cover? Yesterday we drove home after a two-week vacation on the Cape … drat, if only we had flown home, I could have said “and are my arms tired!” (ba da dum! chshshshshsh!). Anywho … Despite several rainy days (2 full days, 2 half days, 7 inches … but who’s counting?!?), we had a fantastic time! Still, it’s good to [...] Raise your hand if you’re a blogger who has had a shift in the way you see the world since you started blogging. Not simply the realizations that the world is truly so very small (“but I wouldn’t want to paint it!”), that the internet is a great place to connect with others who share your interests [...] Today I’m celebrating the sixth anniversary of my 39th birthday (no, don’t stop to do the math!). When J asked for gift ideas I started to say “well, there are a few books I’ve been looking at …”. He got that one-eyebrow-raised look of disbelief and shook his head, muttering something about “coals to Newcastle.” I’ll [...]
To all my friends (IRL and “imaginary”), be you a Four generations 1996 – Nana, Mum, Dawn, LM14 (at 2 months) I think I included all women by listing “daughters” above; if you happen to be a male reading this post, I’m [...] I’m almost a month past the end of this First Quarter challenge; I figure I should wrap it up and move on … Back in January I joined the 100-Mile Fitness Challenge, with the intent to walk/run 100 miles before the end of March. I didn’t do a great job keeping up with my tallies (I [...] J and I have been saving wine corks since we first got together**; we’d write the date on the cork (and the name of the restaurant, if we ate out … a rarity in those student days), then toss it in a bowl on the kitchen counter. The cork collection soon outgrew the bowl; by the [...] … or, at least, giving you a chance to peek at them! She is Too Fond of Books is featured on Kittling‘s “Scene of the Blog” today. That means you can click over and: * see the line-up of crap accessories on my desk Nursery rhymes may be the first poems that many of us are exposed to; as children we learn language and rhythm as they’re read to us, and as we memorize them with repetition. I’m sure that educators could tell us many reasons why nursery rhymes are important in early childhood. As a parent, I’ll tell you that it’s [...] |
 
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