The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Book Review

Since this is the beginning of the week of Christmas, I wanted to review a book that would be fun to read to your children, or grandchildren this week. Hint: it’s a fun book for the adults as well. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson,...

A Cinderella Complex

I had a “friend” tell me in my early 20’s that I had a Cinderella Complex. It wasn’t a compliment. As I was thinking about that today, I decided, after 40 plus years, to look up the definition. The best definition came from...

FEVER 1793: Book Review

FEVER 1793, is a young adult, fictionalized account, of the yellow fever pandemic written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published in 2002. This copy was borrowed from my daughter’s extensive library. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. This is a...

Learning to Deal With Difficult People From Classic Literature

Have you ever suffered from the insults of rude people? Have you let them berate you, when you are innocent of everything they are claiming you have done? Been there. Experienced that. During these times, I have never been able to come up with anything to say back. I...

Seasons

I filled up the hummingbird feeder one last time this morning, just in case a hummingbird has lingered behind. I haven’t seen a hummingbird for two days. The season is changing, and while I do enjoy the crisp fall weather, smells of pumpkin and apple spice, and...

Who Are You?

Are you still trying to figure out the answer to that question, irregardless of your age? Can we find out the answer to that question from classic literature? After all—the classic literature poses that question. In the Hillsdale Classic Literature course that I...