The Many Benefits of Your Library Overdue for a visit to your local library? If you haven’t, then National Library Week is the perfect time to take advantage of all the benefits a library has to offer. Each April, the American Library Association (ALA) recognizes the importance of all libraries. Libraries offer more than just…
I love how some books become favorites and seem to stay with us. How does it happen? It’s a connection that is hard to explain but easily understood by us book lovers. In this post, I’m going to list a few that I have loved sharing with my children, grandchildren, and my students when I…
Poet Rita Dove said, “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” I’ve always loved reading poetry, but it really wasn’t until the last few years that I started reading entire poetry books the way I do novels. I think it is definitely a genre most people don’t read or don’t read often,…
For me, the essential part of finding joy in daily life is my faith. Christian beliefs and the faith journey are such a personal and intimate part of someone, but I believe we help each other by sharing our experiences, our favorite resources, and the ways we find joy and grow in our faith. I’m…