Two murder-mystery-themed items made their way into my around-the-web collection this week. Your littlest ones might not be up for them, but I began reading Agatha Christie in elementary school and was no worse for the wear, so I’ll keep both in the list. A few years ago, I presented on Golden Age detective fiction […]

The trees in my neighborhood are beginning to green. I look across the street to the stand of woods on a hill and still see mostly branches, hazed over with spring color. I can still see the windows of the house on the hill behind the trees, but it won’t be many weeks before I […]

Last year, as I began working from home due to COVID, we were about to enter one of the loveliest and longest springs since I moved here to Charlotte. Rather than hurtling into summer heat by the end of March, the weather was a gift of warm-but-not-hot days and cool nights. I opened the windows, […]

We are turning the corner of March, going from lion to lamb. In my town, today’s weather was practically bi-polar, with lion-like thunderstorms and tornadoes interspersed with bright sunshine and singing birds. I was reminded of the Andrew Peterson lyric, “The world was good, the world is fallen, the world will be redeemed.”  Around the […]

It’s a big week for a few of our friends, and we’re going to be sure you know all the details. We’ve also got some suggestions for you as you try to introduce your kids to Black History month. Read on for more! Around the Web TWO Crowdfunding Campaigns! A Slugstarter If you haven’t checked […]