I think I first read the Little House on the Prairie series in the summer time, but it is the winter scenes that really stick with me still. Snow angels and sugaring snow, making pictures in the frost on the window, twisting hay and grinding wheat, Pa getting lost in a snow storm…Maybe because this [...]
When we were little, my sister and I got several magazines delivered to the house, Cricket, Ranger Rick, Penny Power, Muppet Magazine, Barbie Magazine to name just a few. One was Highlights, which had stories and articles and crafts as well as regular features and puzzles. One was a hidden picture puzzle: A scene that [...]
I first started reading Cooking Light in the mid-1990s, when I was still living in a college dorm. I didn’t have a kitchen, but sometimes the cover would catch my eye from the newsstand and I’d buy the latest copy. In addition to delicious sounding recipes with lots of photos, they also had healthy living [...]
It is funny what sticks with you. This book is one that it seems like we always had. I remember reading it over and over again, and scratching and smelling the little stickers for hot chocolate and candy canes and a Christmas tree and oranges and apple pie.
Bibliography: Scarry, Patricia M. (1970). The Sweet Smell [...]
In my family, there are many traditions and memories surrounding Christmas and the holidays. One of them has to do with books and reading. Just like we had a collection of loved ornaments for the tree, we had a collection of Christmas and holiday books. Every year they would be unpacked from their boxes and [...]