How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long A few years ago my husband and I were in San Francisco for some business meetings and found ourselves in a little…
Snowflower and the Secret Fan describes a culture that few members of western civilization can comprehend. The oppression of women has been a general theme throughout the majority of time and…
[ux_image id=”3046″ width=”52″ margin=”0px 0px 20px 0px”] (Click the picture above to purchase!) Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand I can’t say I’ve ever been especially inclined to know about the details…
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand is a complex philosophical novel about being honest with oneself. A concept expressed by Hamlet in six words took Ayn Rand 700 pages to explain. “To…
[ux_image id=”3062″ width=”36″] I am not exactly sure how old I was the first time I read The Giver, but I believe it was around the age of 12. As…
[ux_image id=”3066″ width=”36″] As a kid I remember reading my favorite books over and over again. One of these books was “But No Elephants, by Jerry Smath”. Even after 15…
First things first, I am NOT a decorator! I have never been very good at coming up with ways to creatively express the styles I enjoy. If I see something,…
[ux_image id=”3082″ width=”79″ margin=”0px 0px 20px 0px”] As tradition would have it, Logan and I spent the first few years of our marriage cutting down our own Christmas tree the…
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin As the commercialization of holidays…