Book stores and blog postings

 Should I try to stack my books in the same manner, 

instead of the untidy piles I have in various rooms?

I have a list of book stores to visit some day. For now, I usually access them on the Internet. For instance, Tattered Cover Book Store http://www.tatteredcover.com/ I've heard about this store from a friend who used to live in Denver, Colorado. From what I've heard, I could go in and not come out for days! I've "liked" Tattered Cover Facebook page and get lots of postings that are book or library related. Often these posts are reblogged from somewhere else and I'm trying to learn the technology behind blogs so I can just reblog a favorite. For now, this is just a "cut and paste" This book illustration is a recent posting from: http://angledart.tumblr.com/post/5035534879

Readers in my life

There are many readers in my life and I have been preparing for the arrival of two who will show up on my doorstep tomorrow. Joshua and John will demand that I share with them about what books I've been reading! My process is a little different from what I usually do to get ready for coffee with a friend who is much a reader as I am, which is usually writing out a recent list of books that have captured my imagination.

However, in preparation for these young gentleman, and their Texas cousins, I go on a treasure hunt in the children's department of my public library. My grandsons know what they like - solid story lines, vivid illustrations, and an animated narrator! Their young minds are ready to engage, so their Oma has to be ready.

On Tuesday night, I have books about dinosaurs, firefighters, and a green monster set to go.

I'd like to recommend a couple of books that were big hits from a previous reading session:

Press here by Hervé Tullet (clever text that encourages young readers with interactive instructions to press the colorful dots on the pages, then shift the book this way and that to see where the dots will move - very engaging)







Jake goes peanuts by Michael Wright (Jake is a picky eater. My daughter and I had to laugh about the reference to Jake's dislike of tuna casserole. His parents try a diet of everything peanut butter, which convinces the little boy that maybe a variety of foods
isn't such a bad thing) 








So here's to snuggling up with a some of my favorite readers and sharing some really good books!

My adventurous readers are: Jojo, Joshua, Zeke, and John

A New Season

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

The time has come to starting writing in earnest and so I begin. This blog will be a place to report on writing projects, to record my thoughts on books I've read, and to ponder life.

I am grateful to my family and friends for the encouragement to pursue my passions. For years as I completed my education and finally got my Masters to become a librarian, I had a cheering section with husband Phil leading the squad. Even now, when I scan the employment opportunities, I am able to call upon my "people" to pray for me as I go for interviews. Thank you! I feel the same way about those special people who urge me on in the areas in which I believe God has gifted me.

My dear friend Sylvia has once again challenged me to stop saying I'm going to write ... (you name it) a book, a short story, a paragraph ... and just do it. So here it is. My beginning.