Going to take an airplane trip soon? If you’re like me, you won’t be able to simply lean back and snooze away the flight, so let’s make sure to have reading material handy. Magazines just won’t do for reading on the plane; not only do they not usually last the whole flight, with no continuous ...
I don’t need to share musing with any other parent about what serious business rearing children is. We are ever fretting, overwhelmed and overcome with all that it is – and sometimes we forget to have a sense of humor about it all. Here are some of my favorite humorous quotes about parents and parenting, ...
This was kind of an odd book. I actually started out not really liking it at all, but at the last quarter of the book I found myself enjoying it more. I’ve read better by Kingsolver, but it wasn’t terrible. Alice is fed up with her marriage. The only light in her life is her ...
Course: 11th/12th grade Language Arts Lesson: Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction *Note, students must be familiar with regular nonfiction before this will truly resonate with them* Anticipatory Set: Have students read “Life is Precious, Or It’s Not” by Barbara Kingsolver. This is an essay that can be found in Kingsolver’s book of essays entitled Small Wonder. ...
Remember your special Father all year with a great quote about Fathers for each of the 52 weeks… Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. —Elizabeth Stone Father! – to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ...
In The Bean Trees, author Barbara Kingsolver creates a community of characters who depend upon one another in order to survive personal hardships, unexpected crises, and even everyday challenges within an increasingly complex world. As these characters journey through life, they meet and connect with one another in a profound and often life-saving manner. In ...
Father’s day quotes and their meanings help put our relationship with our father, stepfather or grandfather in perspective. That one important man that has guided us through our lives deserves to be recognized not only on Father’s day but everyday of the year. Not all fathers are created equally and you may have more than ...
