Late Bloomers
I was a precocious, Type-A, perfectionist, high-achiever child with the GPA and SAT scores to prove it. Measuring achievement in real life has proven more...
Finding the PATH
I drove to the dog park every day when my border collie was young, passing by a nondescript building with this logo on it. Like...
Book Report: The Perfect Landscape
After reading several perplexing Icelandic novels in a row, it was a breath of fresh air to read a straightforward, plot-driven narrative. Whew! Icelanders still...
What the Steadfast Reader Said About Clean Reading
Last month I tried “reblogging” for the first time. Although the whole point of having a blog is to share your own thoughts, sometimes you...
The Children’s Book Coincidence
Whether one believes coincidences are actually meaningful messages from a higher power, or are merely coinciding incidents, it’s hard to deny the impact they can...