I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” While this may peg me as a language snob, I think twice before I listen to a surgeon who says, “This is a situation for I to be concerned about. Trust me.” [...]
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“The Least of These” Are Great Indeed
October 3rd, 2012
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Wisdom comes from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed before naptime, but there’s more substance to it than in a slew of recent grown-up, top seller fare. Briefly, a happy [...]
E-book — The Jane Austen Driving School
July 31st, 2012
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The newly published Jane Austen Driving School is the second volume in the Ordinary Life Is Beautiful E-book Series, adding to the stories and illustrations of Life Is a Gift. Thirty short, easy-to-read, fun and funny stories bring readers into the household of the Norwegian Artist, the Polish Writer, their progeny, and their eclectic and [...]
“It’s Complicated.”
July 12th, 2012
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I think I need to go back to school for retraining, because I find myself unequipped for the technical and methodological demands of modern life. Specifically, I can’t understand my phone bill. It is six pages long, which as phone bills go is relatively short, but consider that I purchase six uncomplicated services: A basic [...]
New E-book — Life Is a Gift
July 6th, 2012
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Just published with Amazon e-books, Life Is a Gift is a series of 30 short, upbeat essays about life with the Norwegian Artist, the Progeny, and the rotating assortment of animals on the studio farm. Drawn from a compendium of Middle Age Plague essays, Life Is a Gift enables readers to relaxedly enjoy Carolyn Henderson’s [...]
Book Review: Quick and Easy Thai
October 5th, 2011
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My favorite Thai restaurant is 80 miles away, which means that I don’t do take out, but I dream about it a lot. Now that I’ve discovered Quick and Easy Thai by Nancie McDermott, however, my dreams have come true and my prince has come in and all that, and rather than wait for the [...]
Don’t Give Up on Crock Pot Cooking — Book Review
September 27th, 2011
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I gave up on the crock pot years ago because I didn’t like the tasteless grey mush that resulted. Sure, it was convenient to let something do the cooking all day, but the swill in the bowl wasn’t worth the anticipation. However, I LIKED the idea of dinner awaiting, so when I spotted Slow Cooker [...]
