On Gratitude in the Hard Years

On Gratitude in the Hard Years

“Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice of an echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.” ~Karl Barth This has been a hard year but in the pantheon of hard years, this one does not take the...
Book Review: Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

Book Review: Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

After years as a restaurant critic for the New York Times (the subject matter of her previous memoir) Ruth Reichl is offered the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine Gourmet. The story of Reichl’s time at the helm of Gourmet during the golden age and...
2020 Best Christmas Books for Kids

2020 Best Christmas Books for Kids

I absolutely love exploring all the new Christmas books each year for kids and adding to our library. Each year we wrap our collection and use it as our Advent calendar. I also love making room on our favorites list for new titles while still cherishing some classics....
How to Start a Book Advent Calendar on a Budget

How to Start a Book Advent Calendar on a Budget

When I shared last year that our family does an Advent calendar opening a book a day, I received a lot of emails asking “how did you afford to do that? It’s a lot of money to start that tradition!” And they are absolutely right, if you went out and bought 28 books it...

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