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The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here: A must-read

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Every once and a while a book comes along that grabs you by the shoulders and pulls you in, the kind of book you think about when your nose isn’t buried in it; a story you don’t want to finish because finishing it means there’s no more to read.
The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here is […]


I can’t wait for the day that she talks back to me…in French

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Come September, Julia will be starting Junior Kindergarten at an all-French school. Dave and I aren’t French and our combined knowledge of the language is minimal but we strongly feel that enrolling her in the French system will be a huge asset for her.
Naturally, when Kendall King and Alison Mackey’s book The Bilingual Edge – […]


Garage sales: one of the few things I wake up early for

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Forget Christmas – garage sale season is, in my opinion, the most wonderful time of the year – a sentiment I’m willing to bet Bruce Littlefield, author of Garage Sale America, shares. Packed with interesting facts, tips on hot states to hit for specific finds and droolworthy sales and Do’s & Don’t lists for buyers […]


So I’m not the only one who’s too tired for sex?

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Confession #1: I have never been interested in (nor have I ever read) any books that might fall into the “self-help” category.
Confession #2: Because of that, I really didn’t think I’d like Babyproofing Your Marriage.
Oh, how I was wrong. And oh, how I wish authors Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O’Neill and Julia Stone had written this […]