The movie Anna Karenina may be set in St. Petersburg but it was mostly shot in England. Luckily we live an hour away from the house that was used as Count Vronsky’s apartments in the movie, the National Trust 17th century property Ham House. When I read about an exhibition featuring costumes from the movie, [...]
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The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop Novel by Kate Saunders My 7-year old just started reading books by herself this year and I was looking for an opportunity to give her a longer read that still held her interest. She’s clearly beyond The Magic Tree House books but the only book that’s kept her attention from [...]
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Until a few months ago, Mister Wolf knew better than my 7-year old what time it was. Was it bedtime yet? Too late for breakfast? Too early for school? Though she could read the time on a digital clock, my sweet pea couldn’t read time on the dial of a wristwatch or a clock. Now [...]
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Books My Girls Are Reading is a short column in the weekly Frog Mom newsletter that tells readers exactly what my girls are reading right now. It’s not long, it’s more like a bedtime read update. It features a book per girl, though my 9-year old is such a voracious reader that she occasionally gets more. [...]
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Most of the books I read on walking are hiking guidebooks but on the rare occasion, I do read a book about the act of walking. About a walking adventure. About how walking changed someone’s life. This year, three books stood out on my bedtime table and I wanted to share them, both as spiritual [...]
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