Wanna check out yesterday’s Derby hats? My favorite slideshow is right here. More hats can be seen here and here. A must-read for you writerly types: The Agony of Writing | Anna Quindlen for the Wall Street Journal. Becca linked up her post Books That Blew My Mind to The Book That Changed My Life Carnival. Then she left a comment about a recent great
This post originally ran on April 29, 2011, between the Royal Wedding and the Kentucky Derby. Will and Kate celebrated their anniversary last Sunday, and the Derby is running tomorrow, so let’s talk about hats one more time! I’ve been to the Derby once–and of course I wore a hat! I’ll put a photo on the facebook page for Derby Day tomorrow. Answer: A love
I have so enjoyed reading every last post you’ve linked up this week. There’s so much inspiration there! I was so curious to see what you’d link up, and you didn’t disappoint. Many of you wrote about the first book that really grabbed you–the book that turned the switch and turned you into a reader. I love the way Heatherly describes what this looked like
Welcome to The Book That Changed My Life Carnival! There are so many ways a book can change a life. Many of us fondly recall our first loves: the special book that really grabbed us and sold us on reading forever. For me, it was Emily of New Moon. I was quite young when I stayed up all night reading it under the covers. My
Today’s guest post is by Carrie Willard, who blogs at Natural Moms Talk Radio. I appreciate Carrie’s writing style and her refreshing perspective, and am delighted to introduce you to her today. First I want to take a moment to say thanks to Anne for letting me address her readers. I too am a “long books/big ideas” person. And with the exception of my current
This past weekend I went to the Cincinnati homeschool conference feeling like there was so much I wanted to do and so little time to do it all in. I’d been acutely feeling the opportunity cost of the choices I’d made–in order to homeschool, I’ve given up a big chunk of my time. That’s why I was looking forward to hearing from two women I
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