I'm home from the beach, where I went for a retreat this weekend with the people I work with. We had a wonderful time. The ocean was b...

I really don't think I'm going to get a moment to post anything today for Poetry Friday. Just in case I don't, go here and read...

I found a poem today that was new to me, but the ideas and feelings in it are not new at all. I love finding evidence that some things don...

Katie has started sharing the notes she took the night of the earthquake and for a few subsequent days. You can read that here and here ....

Two years ago in the wake of the earthquake, I moved suddenly to the United States. I went from tropical weather to a cold, leafless Januar...

I'll be honest: I've hardly read any of the links in the post I sent you to this morning. I did read the one about how Haiti can be...

Lexi has been reading about the anniversary and here's her post .

"Why," sighed an exasperated middle schooler this morning, "do they always have to mess up the schedule every quarter ?...

My daughter is currently obsessed with Les Misérables , the book and the musical . The first time she watched the musical, she described it...

For the past few years, since 2009, I have chosen One Little Word for each year. In 2009 the word was "LOOK." In 2010 the wor...

The first day of every month is Theme Day at the City Daily Photo blogs. On the first of January, the DP bloggers post their best photo fro...

I only read 40 books this year. That's not even one a week. I hope to make it to at least 52 next year. The links in the list below a...

I'm getting ready to compile my list of everything I read this year, but there are several on my list that I've never blogged about....

I am joining Poetry Friday late today because we have been driving home from the beach (where, by the way, we had such a great time). In h...

A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I went to a performance of parts of the Messiah. The music was so beautiful and reminded me of how ar...

I just read this beautiful post about the incarnation. An excerpt: "The divinity of God is on display at Christmas in beautiful crech...

I always enjoy reading the best-of lists that come out at the end of the year. Here's one from NPR, the best YA books of the year. I ...

Here's what Shauna says here : "The irony, of course, must not be lost on us: a season that is, at its heart, a love story, a story...

No, it's not my business that Michelle Duggar had a miscarriage. But I always feel a pang of sadness when I hear about a woman miscarry...

I'm writing lesson plans for next year, and feeling unexpectedly weepy, and then realizing that it shouldn't be unexpected. Here...