Recent Posts Tagged With 'books'

• St. Nicholas Celebration

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 15:20 in books, tradition

  You may have noticed that I never got around to the promised description of our St. Martin celebration. Time got away from me and eventually so much time had passed that it just seemed rather silly to post about it. However, fear not, I will post abo...

• Christmas Presents: Romance Novels

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 15:54 in books, gift giving

  Do you know a romance lover but have no idea what book to get them for Christmas? Then read on as I share some of my all-time favorites. If on the other hand you have a weakness for romance novels yourself check to see if there is one you missed. On...

• Christmas Gifts: Mystery Novels

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 04:11 in books, gift giving

  Last week I posted some ideas on books that might make good Christmas gifts for kids. So I figured I would follow it up with a post on grown-up books. I have to admit that my reading taste runs to the fairly mundane. Don’t get me wrong, I can r...

• Christmas Gift Ideas: More Children’s Books

  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 10:08 in books, gift giving

  Last week I promised some more recommendations for children’s books that would make good Christmas presents. It has taken me a while, since I have been very busy (attending class five mornings a week in town really takes up a large amount of my...

• Christmas Gift Ideas: Children’s Books

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 17:13 in books, gift giving

  Being a book worm myself, I can’t think of a better gift than books, books, books. Even if you or your kids are not quite as enamored by reading as I was (and am), a book is still a nice, not too expensive gift. So I thought I would write a cou...

• Dr. Seuss for Christmas

  Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 17:01 in books, crafts, decoration

  Well, it is almost Saturday. The other day I designated Saturday as my official Christmas-Topic-Post-Day. You may remember that I picked Saturday arbitrarily, and I have to say that right about now I wish I had chosen a different day, any other day. ...

• A Spider present

  Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 03:42 in books, gift giving, gift idea

  Growing up with two languages poses special challenges, and I am always looking for good resources and interesting things to help the boys feel comfortable with both languages. Actually, I am not so concerned about German, as they have plenty of inpu...