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Christmas Gift Ideas

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 […]

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy. Thanksgiving. Those two words go together, don’t they?  We usually think of happy people being thankful, but the graphic below shows another truth as well. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

A Celebration Gift from Ten Thousand Villages

As a reviewer, I get many parcels in the mail.  But the one Miss 13 brought inside last Thursday morning was not a book to review.  Instead, it was a surprise.  And it was for me. When I opened the box, I found a beautiful card congratulating me on being one of Graf-Martin’s top 10 […]

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 […]