I’m happy to announce that my Archivist Interview series is not over yet! Today I have a Q&A with Krista… Read more Archivist Interview: Meet Krista McCracken
Snow Moment
Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians! Last year I wrote about the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. This past Friday I was brainstorming… Read more Snow Moment
Historical Highlights #058
Welcome to this week’s historical highlights. Have you ever wanted to… …follow the Oregon Trail? …stay in the former home of… Read more Historical Highlights #058
Colonial Views of Slavery: Thomas Jefferson
My mom’s series on colonial views of slavery will be wrapping up with a look at three Founding Fathers. Today’s… Read more Colonial Views of Slavery: Thomas Jefferson
7 Things I Learned in September
Emily P. Freeman has changed her “what I learned” link-up format to once a season, rather than once a month. So… Read more 7 Things I Learned in September
Historical Highlights #057
Good morning. I have just a few links for you this weekend. Historical highlights touch on a map of Detroit,… Read more Historical Highlights #057
Favourite Things: September Edition
For me September was a month of travel: planning and packing; flying to New Brunswick for a wedding, then to… Read more Favourite Things: September Edition
“Make the best of what remains of my day”
While on vacation earlier this month I reread The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which won the Booker Prize in… Read more “Make the best of what remains of my day”
Historical Highlights #056
Historical highlights for the first week of fall coming right up! Read about broadside ballads, textiles, art criticism, real estate,… Read more Historical Highlights #056
Poetry in Context: “Indian Summer”
Are you as excited as I am that tomorrow is the autumnal equinox? Last October I shared one of my… Read more Poetry in Context: “Indian Summer”
Charlotte Bronte on the First World’s Fair
It’s been a while since I posted anything from this book that had been living unopened on my bookshelf for… Read more Charlotte Bronte on the First World’s Fair
Historical Highlights #055
I’m still on vacation (until tomorrow), so this historical highlights post will be brief. Happy reading. “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Public… Read more Historical Highlights #055
Madeleine L’Engle on Being a Christian Writer
I recently posted a list of thought-provoking quotations from Donald Miller on living our lives as stories. In a similar… Read more Madeleine L’Engle on Being a Christian Writer