Pippa Passes by Rumer Godden This short novel, one of Godden’s last books, tells the story of a young English ballet dancer who goes with her company on tour to Venice. Despite the very full schedule, she discovers the real Venice, making...
Pope Awesome and Other Stories One of the nice perks of my husband being the producer of a Catholic radio show is that he gets copies of Catholic books. And sometimes those books make their way home and I get to read them. Cari Donaldson’s...
Uncivil War: After the Fall [Although the sleep-deprivation has vastly improved lately, with Lucia sleeping all night last night and the boys slowly making the DST transition, I’m still only writing in bits and pieces, so these thoughts are...
My dad came to visit for a week. The first time I’ve seen him since his stroke. So of course he had to recount the whole story to me. And reliving it again I was in awe. That he was there in my kitchen telling me the story with perfect...
When I wake up and stare out the window in the morning it perfectly frames the top of the maple trees in the back corner. In the past month or so when I’ve had the leisure to appreciate the view I’ve happily noted the cheery reds and...
Hist Whist by e.e. cummings, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray. Thanks to Melissa Wiley for the recommendation of this one. I think it was at last Halloween. No, looking at Lissa’s post, I guess it was more than a year ago. Last summer. Anyway...
