Penny Serenade is a 1941 movie that stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. It is set as a retrospective beginning with a wife who says she’s leaving her husband. Then she begins listening to records. With each record she sees a different aspect of their life together spanning from the time they met, their courting, to adopting a daughter and …
These are a few of my favorite things: YA novel Heist Society
My writing friend extraordinaire Jenny B. Jones is very good friend. Last year when she was in town for the ACFW conference, she drove around with me while I delivered the kids to their grandparents for four days of spoiling while I worked and taught at the conference. What does this have to do with Heist Society? Excellent question! I …
These are a few of my favorite things: Devotionals
I don’t know about you, but I’m always on the lookout for devotionals that will challenge me. Yet they have to be something I can do in the midst of my busy life. And ideally, they’ll help me grow in my faith. One I received recently is Ginger Garrett’s A Woman’s Path to Inner Beauty. When I first heard about …
These are a few of my favorite things: Writing Books
This week, since so many people are on spring break, I’m going to share a few of my favorite books with you. I’m going to start with a craft book. Plot v. Character is a new writing book, releasing in the fall of 2010. Jeff Gerke, the author, has developed software (which I love) that walks writers through the creation …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: The King and I
The King and I is a classic Rogers and Hammestein musical set in Siam in the 19th century. Yul Brynner is the 19th-century Siamese monarch who hires English governess Deborah Kerr to teach his wives and children and winds up getting an education of his own. Features such songs as “Getting to Know You,” “Hello Young Lovers” and “Shall We …
Are You a Roaring Lamb?
I’m borrowing the name from Bob Briner’s book Roaring Lambs. I love the image it creates. A lamb that’s willing to take on the world and be vocal about what it believes. Lions aren’t exactly quiet when the roar you know. In the book he talks about the fact that Christians have created a subculture rather than taking the light …
A homeschooling success
As most of you know, I homeschool my two older children (ten and seven). We do that in no small part because I was homeschooled for the greater part of my education and my husband and I see the value of it. The challenge is finding the right formula for our kids for this year. For example, this year, I’ve …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: High Society
High Society is a 1956 flick that remakes The Philadelphia Story (1940). Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart are replaced by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Grace Kelly slides into Katherine Hepburn’s role as the spoiled socialite preparing for her wedding. I LOVE the original. But one thing High Society has that the original doesn’t is Bing and Frank singing and …
Couple Delightful Books: Mountains Bow Down & Dining with Joy
In Dining with Joy, readers get to return to the lowcountry in South Carolina. First, I love the cover and the new ones for earlier books. They just make me smile and want to pick them up. Joy Ballard is a character, the kind of gal I’d love to get to know. Too bad she’s only a character! When her …
Done in by Fashion
I’m usually a pretty stable gal. But yesterday morning as I was getting ready for church I was in tears…over clothes! That is so not me! I’m back in all my pre-pregnancy clothes, which is awesome, but somedays I feel like my options are living in jeans every day of my life — blech — or looking like a college …