Friendship - Blogs & Blog Posts

Promises Like Pie-Crust by Coffee Table Poetry for Tea Drinkers on Nov 6, 2009Let this delightful poem inspire your day! --Description: 19th C, Rossetti C., Disillusion, Friendship, Love-- Promise me no promises, So will I not promise you: Keep we both our liberties, Never false and never true: Let us hold the die uncast, F...

Book Talk: Ivy + Bean + Mii by Scrub-a-Dub-Tub on Nov 6, 2009Ivy + Bean (series) Written by Annie Barrows Illustrated by Sophie Blackall Published by Chronicle Books (various) Audience (reading level): 7 to 10 (3+) As you may remember, this past summer Catherine and I read Ivy and Bean, the first book in this...

Minutes Tucked Away by Long Hollow on Nov 5, 2009Frankie pecked at the door this morning - "where the heck are you?" - pulling me away from my writing and out for our morning walk, later than normal. I was entangled with words and story, reluctant to stop, unaware of the time. The sun was...

~~Mack Truck~~ by Paris Musings on Nov 4, 2009So...All the family drama and trauma has settled down...thankfully.  All the kids are grown and are successful, productive people.  The puppy is settling in as a 4-year-old dog.  The kittens are being trained.  (Yes, kittens can b...

Books We Read – October by Scrub-a-Dub-Tub on Nov 4, 2009October 2009 [Books received: 36; books read: 46] This is always a fun time of year for reading, in part, because the changing season and string of holidays that begin mid-October naturally lend themselves to sharing stories. We’re still using...

Happy Election Day! by Daisy's Dead Air on Nov 3, 2009At left: Art on Main Street, Greenville, SC, from kids at Mitchell Road Christian Academy. Aside: I love LARGE photos for my blog, as readers have undoubtedly figured out, and now Flickr has changed it up and I can't seem to upload them any bigger...

Book Talk: Making Friends with Books by Scrub-a-Dub-Tub on Nov 1, 2009In making my way through this year’s collection of Cybils nominees in the Easy Reader and Short Chapter Book category, I have been struck by three things. 1. the number of books that are part of a series; 2. the number of books that feature an...