It’s a new year, and I have a new role: that of being a mama! Please join me in welcoming…
Jeannie Pederson
an outdoors girl
I love skiing, ice skating, biking, and hiking, but walking is the form of exercise I employ most often. I also enjoyed running before I was pregnant, and look forward to resuming that after the baby arrives…
Heirloom Crafts
As anyone who knows me can attest, I love old-fashioned things – from old houses, to antique furniture and old books. I’ve always enjoyed visiting “living history” museums, with costumed interpreters going about a typical day from the past. I’ll never forget a family trip to Old World Wisconsin (note: Go if you can! It’s…
Limited Money
Let me start with a disclaimer: I’m not an expert when it comes to saving money. I don’t really do couponing yet. Most of my tips won’t be anything new! But for those of you who are interested, here are some ideas that have been helpful to me. Bargain or Not? If I don’t need…
Limited Space
Greetings from the Sparrow’s Nest! That’s what Evan and I call our cozy little apartment. While I dearly love living in this tiny “playhouse” of a place, making things fit can be a challenge at times. I’m sure I’m not the only one facing this challenge, so I thought I’d share a few ideas that…
Reading with the YLCF
Well, it’s been a great month for book lovers here at the YLCF! Thanks to all of you who participated in carnivals and giveaways, suggested titles, shared lovely pictures of books, and read our musings. The end of the March of Books is a little sad for me, since reading and fellowship are two of my favorite activities, and they are combined so well here.
The good news is, it’s not over! We’ve started a group over at GoodReads, and we plan to have more recommendations, reviews, and discussions there. We even hope to have a “book of the month” (more or less, depending on how it goes) that we can read and discuss together…
Why Sequels Aren’t Equals
If you’re a book lover, like me, you have a favorite author (or several). And at some point, you will have read all the works by said author. What happens then? Do you sigh sadly, make a cup of tea, and begin writing yourself? Perhaps you check out a new author from a reading list, or ask a friend for a recommendation. You could even read a book about the author (I have two such books on my reading list, biographies of beloved authors Elizabeth Goudge and Bess Streeter Aldrich) or make a pilgrimage to places they lived, wrote, or wrote about.
Or, you can read a sequel by another author.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a great deal of variation in the quality of such “sequels.”
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
I can’t remember where I first saw the book Letters of a Woman Homesteader. The wonderful cover caught my eye right away and the title was intriguing, but the clincher was the fact that I could read it right away on my iPod — for free!
I was not disappointed. Not only is the premise interesting — a young widow with a small daughter who decides to go out West and claim her own homestead — the writing is excellent…
Hidden Art
“I would define ‘hidden art’ as the art found in the ordinary areas of everyday life. Each person has, I believe, some talent which is unfulfilled in some hidden area of his being — a talent which could be expressed and developed.” -Edith Schaeffer When I first read Hidden Art, by Edith Schaeffer, several years…
Postmarked:
Wisconsin, England, Colorado, & California!
What a privilege to send you a “post card” from my new home in California! This has been the most amazing year of my life. I hope to write several articles to share more of my story, but for now, here is a quick update…
At the beginning of the year a young man who I greatly admired and respected started corresponding with me on and off. By March he decided I was “more or less interesting”…
