50 Ways to Live the Good Life

Isn’t living the good life what we are all looking for? Do we actually stop and consider though what the good life is? Alexandra Stoddard is an interior designer, lifestyle philosopher, and presenter on the topic of personal happiness. You Are Your Choices – 50 Ways to Live the Good Life is Alexandra Stoddard’s 25th [...]

Sing, Nightingale, Sing

Book with Bird Song CD

Sing, Nightingale, Sing is a children’s book which teaches about birds around the world.

What you can’t tell from looking at the cover of Sing, Nightingale, Sing though is the beautiful effect the CD with this book can work on your family.

I brought a copy of this book into my home [...]

Moveable Feasts by Gregory McNamee

I just finished reading Moveable Feasts: the history, science, and lore of food by Gregory McNamee. Since I found it a good read, let me review here for you what this book is about and why you may want to read it.

What’s in Moveable Feasts?

It seems to me that Moveable Feasts is the definitive guide [...]

3 Classic Reads for Animal Lovers

I find myself coming back again and again to read classic books, books I read many years ago. Below are three books I highly recommend for the animal-lover in you, or the animal-lover in your life.

#1 – My Family and Other Animals
Reading Gerald Durrell’s classic book as a teen had me longing for a life [...]

Natural Science Foundation

What’s the best way to help our children learn to love and understand nature, to get a foundation in natural science? Naturally we want our kids to experience nature, which has to be done by taking them outside. But beyond that, to make sense of nature, kids need to know about the science of nature. [...]