Books
Year of Wonders A Novel of the Plague
June 9, 2008
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks My review rating: 3 of 5 starsJust finished this historical novel about an English village during the plague epidemic of 1666. As a homebirth mama and backyard herbalist I was particularly drawn to the narratives of midwifery and herbal lore. And so grateful that ...
FIMBY Goodreads
May 15, 2008
Back in the days before I spent all my spare time creating FIMBY I used to respond to family e-mails (sorry guys I haven't forgotten about you), watch movies with my husband, write the occasional blog, take hot baths, make luscious homemade soap, go to bed at a decent hour ...
Jan Brett website
May 5, 2008
The kids and I love the work of author and illustrator Jan Brett. This past week we read The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting (another fav author), illustrated by Brett. Such a sweet read about finding the perfect gift for mother's day. Anyway, this weekend we discovered Jan Brett's ...
break time reading, watching and listening
May 4, 2008
My blog break was useful for: Starting a good book, Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry. First Wendell Berry book I've read, should of read his stuff sooner. Watching a great documentary, King Corn with my best friend. I can more appreciate the corn allergy in our family because it's given ...
Don't Make Me Count To Three
April 2, 2008
by Ginger Plowman Counting to three... as if. That's simply a sugarcoating for disobedience. [Off the soapbox] After reading Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp many moons ago this was a great refresher on parenting to the heart of our children. How to draw out the foolishness (in the ...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
March 17, 2008
As always, I'm reading too many books at one time but Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A Year of Food Life arrived from my reserve list at the library and I must take advantage of its availability and read it (its a hot library item). But that shouldn't be hard, this book ...
new books
February 28, 2008
Two books arrived in the mail this week, Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola & George Barna and Simply Christian by N. T. Wright. Buying select books is still a fairly new trend in our house - oh I love books. So excited about reading Pagan Christianity! Reading it encourages me ...
