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Link Roundup Week #2

Link Roundup Week #2

My weekly collection of links I’ve come across and thought others might be interested… I appreciate any feedback about which links you enjoyed reading so I can better know what to share in the future! The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected I found this a fascinating look at how different socioeconomic levels approach technology with their kids. We have chosen to avoid tablets and smartphones for our kids for the most part (though…

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Weekly link roundup

Weekly link roundup

I like sharing things I’ve found across the web, but I don’t want to annoy people, so I thought I’d do a weekly roundup. If you could leave a comment saying which links you liked best, that will help me know what types of links you want to see shared in the future! Finding Holy in the Suburbs I met Ashley on a message board many years ago, and am really excited about her first book which released this week!…

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Trying my hand at Etsy

Trying my hand at Etsy

When we sold our house last year, I needed some artwork for the wall that weren’t family pictures. I took my camera to downtown Atlanta and ended up framing three black and white pictures of the city I love. A friend was impressed and encouraged me to consider selling my photography. I don’t consider myself a professional by any stretch of the word, and still have a lot to learn. But I have a decent camera and I really enjoy…

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Returning to my bookworm ways

Returning to my bookworm ways

I used to read anything and everything. I always had a book going. Then, I went to college, and I had to read so much for classes that I didn’t really want to read also for fun. Then I graduated and… along came the internet. And Twitter. And Facebook. And I started having babies. And slowly but surely, the number of books I read sank to about… zero. Perhaps I would get through one or two every year, but more…

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Backyard Book Club

Backyard Book Club

This summer I am trying something new. I honestly can’t say where I got the idea – was it a podcast maybe? A blog post? I know it wasn’t my original idea so apologies that I can’t remember who inspired me. :-) I am doing a “Backyard Book Club” with the kids of our neighborhood! We’re meeting every week for 5 weeks where I read aloud the book “My Father’s Dragon” by Ruth Stiles Gannett while the kids enjoy Popsicles….

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