There are gifts, and then there are gifts that last. The books and other ideas listed below will be sure to make memories for your family. We’ve enjoyed each one of them and are thrilled to share them. Obviously, some of the best gifts are those that involve companionship and imagination: a huge box, an […]
Simple Joys
Three Steps to a Successful Book Sale Visit
Last Friday we attended the annual Rockcliffe Park Book Fair, one of the best book sales in Ottawa. It’s an adventure each time we go and we make many bookish memories—both while we’re there and afterwards when we’re reading our new books. For a big book sale like this, we need to prepare. What books […]
Review: My Beloved and My Friend by Hal and Melanie Young
In the spring my husband and I will be married a quarter century! While anticipating this milestone, I also want to focus on making our marriage even better for the next 25 years. As you probably know, every long-term relationship develops blind spots. To discover and eliminate new blind spots that have popped up, I […]