As the Heavens Are Higher: Fact or Fiction
“Did you base As the Heavens Are Higher on a true story?” If my life had a FAQ page, this one would be pretty near the top. (Ranking second…
Read moreThe Journey to Good and Great Books
We were driving from Virginia, through Pennsylvania, and across the Canadian border. “Why don’t we run over to Vermont?” suggested a fellow-traveller. “I’d love to show the kids that place…
Read moreCrossing the Bar: A FREE Poetry Download from SAW Publishing
Great writers get to break the rules. This can be annoying, but it’s true—and one of the most vivid examples is Alfred Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar.” This poem has so…
Read moreAre You Reading Age-Appropriate Books?
As a child, I used to get laughed at for trying to sound grown-up. One of the phrases I considered effective was “age-appropriate.” I applied it to literature. To Beatrix…
Read moreFive Fall Favorites Reflections—and Coming Soon
Good morning everybody! And Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! (Yes, it’s on a Monday in Canada—why not?) Today my thankfulness list includes some bullet-point blessings from the Five Fall Favorites blog party…
Read moreFive Fall Favorites: Top Five 2020
Hi everybody! Welcome back for the final day of our Five Fall Favorites blog party! Can you believe we’re at the end of the week already? (Sniffs.) Well, at least…
Read moreFive Fall Favorites: Instructional Books
Hey, everybody! Welcome back again to the Five Fall Favorites blog party! Today’s party room leaves us pretty flexible—because we have the bikes! And even though the bikes start out…
Read moreRudiments of Music—Book Review
Have you ever bought a book, only to discover it wasn’t really about the topic you thought? Rudiments of Music by Michael L. Overholt was that type of experience for…
Read moreColored Pencil Portraits Step by Step—Book Review
Ann Kullberg’s Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step is a book I received as a Christmas present when I was a teenager. At the time, I was already into colored…
Read moreExploring the World of Chemistry—Book Review
Exploring the World of Chemistry was a course I chose to take for the sake of my dad’s grandfather. Great Grandpa (who I had the incredible privilege of knowing during…
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