Spiritual Reading to Nourish a Mother’s Heart
I recently found myself the only person in a room who had not spent multiple weeks of the past year touring New […]
Living the examined life
Living the examined life
An occasional series on beautiful works of literature for young and old
I recently found myself the only person in a room who had not spent multiple weeks of the past year touring New […]
Little Free Libraries offer an exciting array of unexpected finds. Sometimes they are a cause for concern, but sometimes the books found […]
Recently, through the riches of the public library and the benefit of antiquated compact disc technology, we have been revisiting E.B. White’s […]
After writing about the coziness of British storybooks, a friend remarked that British architecture seems designed for coziness. Most of us (Americans, […]
Beginning Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” with little to no context, one might wonder where it takes place. The names are not […]
There can be a real thrill in testing out an idea you’ve read about. Is it true? Does it hold up to […]
One of the most memorable reads of 2023 for me was E.B. Sledge’s “With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa.” By […]
So great is our longing for experience beyond the ordinary crushing tide of mortal time that suburban moms are now resorting to […]
Lois Lenski is often remembered primarily as an illustrator. An introduction to her work may come through the amusing picture book series […]
Reading Charles Portis’s excellent little book, “True Grit,” you will likely be entertained. Personally, I did not find it to be as […]