Book Review

What We’ve Been Reading: Infusing the Everyday with Fantasy and Imagination

All of these books encourage kids to use their imaginations and to think about their worlds in a different way, combining fantasy elements with items they encounter in reality.

Finding Sanctuary within Ourselves and Sharing It

In a season that often seems filled with “things”, I am finding peace and comfort in the sanctuary of friends and joy from giving to others and to organizations whose missions align with what I see as moving the world in the right direction.

In Praise of Snuggles & What We’ve Been Reading

In Praise of Snuggles

“We all have belly buttons… We are born from the bodies of others. We cannot exist without breathing and eating. Nor do we exist for ourselves alone” (p. 135 of A House for Hope by…

What We’ve Been Reading and Listening To: May 2016

What We’ve Been Listening To

What We’ve Been Reading: April 2016

This is a Moose by Richard T. Morris — 4 stars

What We’ve Been Reading: February 2016 Part 2

Hug a Bug by Eileen Spinelli — 4 stars

A short, cute book about the power of hugging and how happy it can make us to give and receive them.