Do you spend your days wishing for miracles? Are miracles rare in your life? Today, I would like to recommend a book, Miracles On Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen. This book was published in 1956 and received the Newberry Award in 1957. It is written for children,...
In my last post I mentioned that I had only read excerpts from John Bunyan's book, The Pilgrim's Progress. The reason is that it was so hard for me to understand, and although I tried reading it several times, I could never keep up with the allegorical meanings of...
My daughter gave me a booklet to read entitled, Classical Education & the Homeschool, by Douglas Wilson, Wesley Callihan, and Douglas Jones. As I read it, I felt as though I were waking up. I love reading scripture, but I've not enjoyed reading books for a...
I would love to be more productive. There are four areas in my life that demand productivity from me. They include: Garden/yard work/pool maintenance.Writing/blogging.Spending time with my grandchildren: coming up with creative things to do that keep them...
In our family we consider the Jurassic Park movie to be great summer fun. There's nothing better than swimming, then coming in for snacks and a scary dinosaur movie. Of course there are many more "Jurassic" movies since Jurassic Park was made but the first seems...