The Case for Math
Those of you who know me personally are aware just how heroic I was to write this particular post. I am not, generally speaking, the champion voice of arithmetic. It…
Read moreAt Grandpa’s Sugar Bush—Book Review
The thing about maple syrup is that it stands for a whole lot more than something sweet to pour on your pancakes in the morning. In the places where maple…
Read moreAs Great as it Gets: Literary Excellence in Fiction
How much does literary excellence really matter? Probably (dare I suggest, somewhere about the fifty-page mark of a three-hundred-page church library loan?) we’ve all asked ourselves this question. (Not that…
Read moreWhy Would You Write About Squirrels?
Why would you write about squirrels? I grew up holding squirrels rather cheaply. Most people do, I guess, when they live in close proximity to three large maple trees—and an…
Read moreThe Case for Writing
When the first generation of parish schools sought to bring education to working class girls, they taught three subjects: reading, needlework, and catechism. Conspicuous by absence was the art of…
Read moreAs Good as It Goes: Spiritual Excellence in Fiction
Spiritual excellence in fiction is something we at SAW Publishing are passionate about! We define good books—spiritually excellent books—as literature that is “wise unto that which is good, and simple…
Read moreTimeless Tips at Your Fingertips
In the spring of 2016, SAW Publishing began posting Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past. This series was an effort to highlighting useful and thought-provoking tidbits from the generations…
Read moreThe Case for Reading
How good a case for reading can you actually make? Now, all you reading-enthusiasts, don’t begin screaming things at your computer. It’s a fair question. Society as a whole, is…
Read more2021: Three Resolutions You Can Still Make
Do you actually have a very long list of resolutions you can still make, after such an unpredictable a year as 2020? I think all of us have probably come…
Read moreWhat It Said at Home
Well, I can’t believe we’ve actually come round to the final Monday of 2020—and the final edition of our short story downloads! Our pilot story for this series was “Nellie’s…
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