I’m constantly on the lookout for just the right book to share in my library storytimes. Sometimes these programs can be a bit chaotic: twenty or thirty people in the room, and lots of jumping and counting, clapping and stomping. With quieter groups (or to try to recover a sense of calm during a crazy […]
There and Back Again
There I was lying in our room, listening to my wife read the Lord of the Rings aloud. It was the first time that I had heard the story. I felt warm and contented inside. The story was moving along just as all great stories should–the unlikely hero Frodo had destroyed the ring, the hordes […]
The Warren & the World Vol 8, Issue 13
Y’all. Do you know what happened this week? I mean, the weeks are kinda blurring together, but the big thing that happened this week. We know your days are challenging right now. We’re praying for all of you and your families. But I’m also a firm believer that we need to celebrate what is good, and one […]
Five Picture Books for Spring Weather Imagination
Imagination can be as seasonal as the fruit and vegetables in our kitchens, with each holding its own set of delights. Snowball fights and sledding in winter, long hours in the pool and under shady trees in summer–you understand what I’m saying. Being that we’re coming out of a long-ish winter that was heavy on […]
It Is What It Is, But It Is Not What It Shall Be
It is what it is. I read it on a cubicle wall. It’s a country-craft sign with large, cursive script, a script to make one curse. Words to echo the curse. The sign is made to look like it was made on a farm, but it was made in China. And not on a farm […]
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