I am a book crier. My first time reading Andrew Peterson’s The Monster in the Hollows, I was pregnant, and ugly crying so hard my husband didn’t know what to do with me (“You.. you okay over there?”). My mom tells the story of me as a five-year-old, finishing Charlotte’s Web for the first time, […]
Teach Us To Play
I’m scrambling up the climbing wall behind my four-year-old. It’s Wednesday morning at 9:47 AM. Two nannies and a clutch of coffee cup cradling moms-with-toddlers are glancing nervously at the middle-aged woman in a skirt giving full battle cry while scaling Mount Etna behind her fearsome warrior. He reaches the top, gives a piercing ululation […]
Through the Looking Glass of Early Reading
“Have you read The Wizard of Oz?” “Yes, Dad read it to me a long time ago.” “What about Alice in Wonderland?” “Yes, I listened on audio book.” “Well… what about Through the Looking Glass?” “What’s that?” Finding a new book for my eight-year-old brother is both a joy and a struggle. An avid book […]
The Scariest Story and the Greatest Hero
This summer, we dove into Roald Dahl. He accompanied our family across the state of Washington, up mountainsides and deep into green pastures, baking in the smoke-hazed sun. Charlie and Danny and Willy and Mr. Fox were our clever, British-accented companions as our long days danced past on beaches and baseball fields, under fireworks and […]
Calling Out Your Name: Rich Mullins, the Rocky Mountains, and Tumbleweed
NOTE: Glenn’s newest book, The Golden Road Of Tumbleweed Thompson, is crowdfunding publication, and you can pre-order your copy until Thu, November 10 202 at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennmccarty/the-golden-road-of-tumbleweed-thompson During my senior year of high school — in the interest of full disclosure, that would be winter, 1996 — I came into possession of a cassette tape of […]
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