For the first time in my adult life, overnight guests can sleep somewhere besides the couch. As a fairly new homeowner, I have a spare room! With an extra bed! However, as a fairly new homeowner, the bed is a hand-me-down and the mattress has certainly seen better days. Buying a new mattress has been [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The sparest of spare rooms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 19th century houses, Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From the other side
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kate Seredy, The Singing Tree, WWI on October 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Following the recommendation of a dear reader, I picked up The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy. For those unfamiliar with the book (like I was), this is a sequel to The Good Master. It’s the story of two cousins,Kate and Jancsi, growing up in the Hungarian country side during the early part of the last century. [...]
The beginning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Betsy Ray, Heaven to Betsy, Maud Hart Lovelace on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Thus far, the vast majority of books that I’ve talked about here are ones I first read as a child. I grew up with Anne and Jo and Laura. But there’s one very important exception. I didn’t discover Betsy Ray until I was an adult–halfway through college. Oh, I had heard about the Betsy-Tacy books, largely [...]
Pilgrimages
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, historic sites, L. M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maud Hart Lovelace on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon, while attempting to be domestic, I caught up with one of my favorite NPR programs, This American Life. A few weeks ago, they aired a new episode called “The Book That Changed Your Life.” How could I not listen? The entire show was fantastic, but I was particularly intrigued by Act 4: Little [...]
Sheer magic
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake on October 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The other night, I fell in love with two kids named Portia and Julian. They’re cousins and just happen to discover this lake that is no more, the wonderful, old, abandoned houses that surround it, and two quirky siblings that can’t quite let go of the past. And as I was reading, I kept trying [...]
Emotional history
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, WWI on October 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I finished my reread of Rilla of Ingleside the other night. I’m not sure how many times I’ve read this book over the years, but it’s one that still gets me. Every. Single. Time. When I read, I’m not one to cry or even laugh out loud often. I think part of it is [...]
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