Wednesday Wars, Shakespeare and You
I was dumbfounded how a middle grade novel could so accurately depict raw grief.
Review: 31 Day Writing Prompt Journal by Kate Motaung
It's been awhile! But I'm back after a crazy busy summer with a great review for you! My friend Kate Motaung (moe-ta-oong) the brains behind Five Minute Friday has launched a new paper journal for the annual October writing challenge: 31 Days of Five Minute Free...
Review: Light from Distant Stars by Shawn Smucker
From the Back Cover: When Cohen Marah steps over his father’s body in the basement embalming room of the family’s funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. Over the next week, Cohen’s childhood comes back in living color. The...
In the Raw: Continuing the Fight
From taps… “all is well, safely rest, God is nigh” to the flag slowly folded and presented… “on behalf of the President of the United States and a grateful nation” to my veteran father-in-law… I was barely controlling my emotion.
Review: All Manner of Things by Susie Finkbeiner
From the Back Cover: After Annie Jacobson’s brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he mails her the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike’s absence,...
In the Raw: Planners are like Underwear.
Does keeping track of goals feel like a prison cell? Read on to find out how planners are like underwear. 🙂