Remember November

Dear friends, November has come whirling in, with a rustle of leaves in the cold wind and rain, and heavy frost painting the grassy fields silver.  A traditional brisk November! 

Thankful Boy-Hearts

We’re preparing for Thanksgiving around our house, as many Americans are doing this week.  This year the boys have really taken Thanksgiving to heart and we’ve had several interesting conversations with them. Their thoughts have been surprisingly insightful. I thought I’d share a little of what they had to say.

The End of October

Dear Friend, October is always such a fun and busy month: pumpkin patches and hay rides, apple picking, cider and “fall food”, the boys’ over-the-top excitement about their costumes for Halloween (Will is Sir William the Brave and Sam is ‘Dark’ Vader), my birthday. As Anne Shirley said in the book Anne of Green Gables: “I’m so…

Lady Jayne Disappears: A Book Review

I recently read a new novel written by a friend of mine, Joanna Davidson Politano. The book, Lady Jayne Disappears, is part mystery, part intrigue, part romance, and all-together hard to put down until the last page. (My children were thrilled the evening I was so absorbed in this book that all plans for supper…