Monthly Archives: June 2007

Birthday

If you are a mother, may I suggest a perfect way to celebrate your child’s birthday?

Nancy Drew

I took Joey and Lena to see the Nancy Drew movie this afternoon.
Were you a fan of Nancy Drew? Boy, I sure was. In fact, the first chapter book I ever read was The Whispering Statue.

A delicious book

Yesterday being the kids’ last day of school, and a half-day at that, we kicked off our summer vacation with — what else? — a trip to the library.

The voices of children

Voices: Part One
Yesterday afternoon I went up to my kids’ elementary school for an assembly.

A momentary shock

A copy of Jimmy Carter’s recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, landed on our doorstep recently.

Another post about Patrick O’Brian

Thought I might as well warn you right in the title. If you’re not of the Patrick O’Brian, uh, persuasion, you might want to skip this post.