Magistra (Teacher) Mater (Mom)
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Hi, I'm Carol. I love to read, sing, and study. My goal is to make my home a light, a sanctuary, a dwelling filled with the aroma of good things, a place where friends and family can flourish. Come on in and stay for a while. On a good day you'll smell whole-wheat bread baking and listen to Yo-Yo Ma playing.
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Notes of Condolences
May 7, 1968
She's Not Here
The Shape of Grief
Funny Mispronunciations
Thanksgivings
Copious Gifts
I Used to Think
Magister Dilectus, My Latin Teacher
Why Blog?
Remembering
Guys Holding Babies
Guys Reciting Poems
A Father's Blessing
My Favorite Book
Bitterness Is Not Plastic Wrap
The Most Googled Post
A Thousand Splendid Suns
May 7, 1968
She's Not Here
The Shape of Grief
Funny Mispronunciations
Thanksgivings
Copious Gifts
I Used to Think
Magister Dilectus, My Latin Teacher
Why Blog?
Remembering
Guys Holding Babies
Guys Reciting Poems
A Father's Blessing
My Favorite Book
Bitterness Is Not Plastic Wrap
The Most Googled Post
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The *BEST* Reads: 2006-09
*Hannah Coulter*, Wendell Berry
That Distant Land, Wendell Berry
The Guns of August, BarbaraTuchman
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Cry, the Beloved Country, Allan Paton
1776, David McCullough
84, Charing Cross Road, Hanff
The Warden, Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
Dr. Thorne, Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage, Trollope
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Unset
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan
Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Some Lovely Islands, Leslie Thomas
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
The Rest of God, Mark Buchanan
Soldier of the Great War, M. Helprin
Remembering, Wendell Berry
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
All But My Life, Gerda Weissman Klein
The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman
The Herb of Grace, Elizabeth Goudge
How to Cook a Wolf, MFK Fisher
Simple Courage, Frank Delaney
That Distant Land, Wendell Berry
The Guns of August, BarbaraTuchman
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Cry, the Beloved Country, Allan Paton
1776, David McCullough
84, Charing Cross Road, Hanff
The Warden, Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
Dr. Thorne, Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage, Trollope
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Unset
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan
Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Some Lovely Islands, Leslie Thomas
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
The Rest of God, Mark Buchanan
Soldier of the Great War, M. Helprin
Remembering, Wendell Berry
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
All But My Life, Gerda Weissman Klein
The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman
The Herb of Grace, Elizabeth Goudge
How to Cook a Wolf, MFK Fisher
Simple Courage, Frank Delaney
Books Read 2009
The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
Fire in the Blood, Irène Némirovsky
Suite Francaise, Irène Némirovsky
The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope
The 2nd World War in Color, S. Binns
Bedside Manners, David Watt
Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill
The Airman's War, Albert Marrin
The Rising Tide, Jeff Shaara
Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
Beyond Band of Brothers, Dick Winters
My Lucky Star, Zdenka Fantlova
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Dr. Seuss Goes to War, Richard Minear
Churchill,Hitler,Unnec. War, Buchanan
Overlord, Albert Marrin
Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler
The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman
All God's Children & BSS, Myers
The Steel Wave, Jeff Shaara
All But My Life, Gerda Weissman Klein
The Hours After, Gerda and Kurt Klein
The Ocean of Truth, J. McPherson
Isaac Newton, Schultze
The Wild Blue, Stephen E. Ambrose
Walter, the Story of a Rat, B. Wersba
How to Cook a Wolf, MFK Fisher
The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman
The Herb of Grace, Elizabeth Goudge
Simple Courage, Frank Delaney
Fire in the Blood, Irène Némirovsky
Suite Francaise, Irène Némirovsky
The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope
The 2nd World War in Color, S. Binns
Bedside Manners, David Watt
Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill
The Airman's War, Albert Marrin
The Rising Tide, Jeff Shaara
Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
Beyond Band of Brothers, Dick Winters
My Lucky Star, Zdenka Fantlova
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Dr. Seuss Goes to War, Richard Minear
Churchill,Hitler,Unnec. War, Buchanan
Overlord, Albert Marrin
Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler
The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman
All God's Children & BSS, Myers
The Steel Wave, Jeff Shaara
All But My Life, Gerda Weissman Klein
The Hours After, Gerda and Kurt Klein
The Ocean of Truth, J. McPherson
Isaac Newton, Schultze
The Wild Blue, Stephen E. Ambrose
Walter, the Story of a Rat, B. Wersba
How to Cook a Wolf, MFK Fisher
The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman
The Herb of Grace, Elizabeth Goudge
Simple Courage, Frank Delaney
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. Eric spends more time in Europe than he does in America. The snowy January night in Sandpoint was such a gift, it seems greedy to want more. But a gig at the Sweet Onion Festival in Walla Walla, WA (I do love how that flows off the tongue...Walla Walla) popped up on Eric's schedule and we. are. going. 




















