Last week, I had carpet replaced in about half of my house. The good news: I didn’t have to move all of my books. But I did have to move quite a few books. I never really think about how many books I have until I move them somewhere, and then it suddenly becomes painfully obvious. [...]
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Library Break
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged L. M. Montgomery, library break on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An abundance of dandelions
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged setting up house on April 3, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Timing can be a funny thing. Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin is one of those books I’ve heard mentioned with love and reverent tones on a book e-list I’m on. A few months ago, friends announced with glee that it was now available digitally. First published in 1904, it’s been out of print for [...]
Orphan Stories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged orphans on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Quick, how many kidlit orphans can you name? Go ahead–I’ll be here after you finish your list. A lot, right? Anne Shirley (and just about all of Montgomery’s heroines), Sara Crewe, Mary Lennox, Rebecca (of Sunnybrook Farm), Pollyanna, Judy from Daddy-Long-Legs and on and on. Then, throw in the kids that have a [...]
From my archive. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged picture books on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last few months, I’ve been going through my old blog and converting it into a readable word document. It’s a huge project, and perhaps silly, but I’m a historian so I want to preserve this bit of my own history. At any rate, tonight I ran across the following post about a top-notch Christmas [...]
Story first, history second
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged historical fiction, WWI on January 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Perhaps I was a wee bit prejudiced as I started reading. Friends that I trusted had very mixed reviews, but I didn’t quite believe them. After all, the book had won the 2011 Newbery award. And it was set in 1936, flashing back to 1917 and 1918. Quite possibly one of my favorite time periods. I should [...]
Timeless
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, Christmas, Little House, Little Women, Roller Skates on December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This year marked the 40th anniversary of my museum’s biggest event of the year, Candlelight. As part of the anniversary, we created a small exhibit and I researched the history of the event. One thing that surprised me was how quickly the key elements of the event came together: buildings decorated by community groups, performances [...]
Evangelism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Betsy-Tacy, Maud Hart Lovelace on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My poor, neglected blog. I knew it had been a long time, but I hadn’t realized it had been over two months. Sheesh! And it’s not like I’ve quite dropped off the face of the earth or stopped reading–just the usual very busy fall. So what brings me back, finally, to this little corner of [...]
Dated Snapshots
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Several months ago, the book Senior Trip by Marjorie Holmes was handed to me with the words “Read this. It’s fun–you’ll like it!” So I dutifully put in on my “to read” shelf in the bedroom, and there it sat for several months. A few weeks ago, I had run out of library books so [...]
What if?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged African American history, historical fiction, women's history on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Many moons ago (11 years ago, to be exact. Good lord, how time flies!), I was an intern at the Women’s Museum. Part of my job was to process the many, many loans–it’s a non-collecting institution so every artifact on display had to come from somewhere else. I have many, many stories about that summer [...]
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