Last month, I reached the end of a journal. My quest for a new journal included having paper that would be thick enough for me to use my fountain pens on. GSM (grams per square meter) – if included a journal label, is usually the smallest font of information. I share that to say that…
I don’t gamble. But sometimes getting books from hold on Libby feels like I have won the lottery. I’ve been reading books on an e-reader for over a decade. Our first moves when we paid by weight for the transport of our lives from one place to another was all it took for Marc and…
It came. It’s beautiful. Go find it in the Children’s Section of the Library and give yourself 30 minutes to bask in the wonder these pages hold.
In 2025, I began most days with a poem from this book. My commitment to reading this anthology stemmed from the pattern the kids used to have when we homeschooled them – usually having at least one poetry book as part of their curriculum throughout the year. I returned to the habit for myself because…
Last weekend we did something I never imagined we would do. We drove to a conference in New Orleans, and when we checked in with the event organizers and saw the agenda, we decided not to stay. So we drove home two days early. Not without enjoying a lovely quiche and coffee shop (The Fourth…
