Pollyanna’s Glad Game: “Just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what ’twas”
I like Pollyanna. One child listening to the story by Eleanor H. Porter objected to the girl Pollyanna’s overly dramatic episodes, but, […]
Buyer Beware: The Great and Terrible Advice of Orion Taraban
Recently, I, like millions of other people on the internet, discovered the online persona of Orion Taraban, whose viral star has been […]
Gathering Light Offers a Beautiful Book List for Easter
There are so many beautiful books, there’s no excuse for suffering with second rate material. It can be hard to remember where […]
In Defense of Self-Help and Good Ideas From Other People
In 1889, Samuel Smiles, a British doctor turned journalist, published “Self Help.” This tome of encouragement in personal discipline and improvement spawned […]
Diet and Lifestyle Changes: The 1% Improvement Plan and Compounding Results
After encountering a book like “Good Energy,” it’s tempting to try pitching every ounce of processed food in the trash, rid your […]
Let Them Eat….Poop?
At an event for children earlier this year, there was a spirited game of bingo underway. The first boy to call out […]
Caspar Babypants and the Fun of Goofy Music
I may be behind the times on this one, but it was only recently that I became aware of the music of […]
Patricia St. John’s “Treasures of the Snow,” a Credible Story of Conversion
The depiction of Able the gardener, a humble and devout Christian, in “Tom’s Midnight Garden” brought to mind the novels of Patricia […]
What Mother Teresa Can Teach Homemakers
Years ago, I came across the daily schedule for the Missionaries of Charity, which Philip Kosloski outlines here. The sisters in Mother […]
Mothers Who Read: Their Secrets
Everywhere I have lived, I have found continual delight in a rare type of person: the mother who reads. There are oodles […]