Remember that one time when I said I was going to review books every month? And then a worldwide pandemic hit and I stopped reading as much? Yeah. So that’s why I’m combining my book reviews into a quarterly review for this quarter, because why not be inconsistent? (Listed in order of reading) Celebrating a […]
WIFYR 2020 Conference: Children’s Picture Books
We must bring stories and experiences and values to a new generation. Children’s book people are good citizens of the planet and they can start children on the path to thinking and reasoning and healing.
Table for One: Basil Pesto Pasta
In which I discover that there are some things a Blendtec blender cannot blend.
March 2020 Books in Review
Does anyone else feel like March was three years ago? Also, did anyone else notice how light my reading list was last month? You would think that with all the extra time at home that I would have read a ton more books. Turns out that eliminating commute time (and thus audiobook time) cuts my […]
It Is Well With My Soul
I don’t know why such beauty can come of tragedy; I just know that sometimes it does. I don’t know why faith and hope are strengthened in the most trying times; I just know that they can be.
Dating During COVID-19, Part 1
Hey y’all. I know one of the top questions on your mind is, “But what does dating look like during COVID-19?” I mean, we keep seeing people get engaged so I just guess they must be really good at ring toss. I hesitated to write this blog. Not for the reason you may think (ie. […]
Table for One: Chicken Poppyseed
Several years ago, two very wonderful co-workers gave me a book as a joke. Table for One: Perfectly portioned meals for the single cook by Camille Funk.
February 2020 Books in Review
A few amazing reads that lifted my spirits, grew my mind, and/or strengthened me spiritually.
Liz’s Set-up Service, Part 3: The Process
If you’ve read my last two blog posts on the idea and the basis stats of the great set-up service experiment of 2015, you already have the gist and the kind of numbers and demographics I was working with. So let’s get down to how I went about setting people up. First, though, there must […]
Thoughts on building a ship
A few weeks ago as I was reading in the Book of Mormon in 1 Nephi 17-18, my thoughts turned to ship building, as they do. Nephi and his family were living in a land they called Bountiful–because it was bountiful in fruit and wild honey and the Lord prepared things for them. Sounds nice […]