Happy Memorial Day everyone! I am at home today with a sick kiddo, my oldest, but there has been a little quiet time this afternoon to hop online and post my mixed tape. ::Over the weekend, our family went on a nine mile bike ride together: Seth on his mountain bike, pulling our two girls… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday – 5.27.19
:: We Forgot Brock! is my favorite picture book that we picked up at the library last week and it might even be in my Top Ten. :: I watched Cars 3 with Dryden over the weekend and this was my first time seeing it. I loved this one and appreciated how Pixar portrayed not… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday – 5.20.19
On [most] Mondays, I share my mixed tape of a smattering of thoughts, ideas, videos, songs, etc. that stuck out to me in the past week. Here is this Monday’s mix: ::JJ Heller’s song, “A Mother Like You” is such a sweet song, written by her, Dave Heller, and Brandon Heath. ::I was struck by… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday – 5.13.19
Each Monday, I try to offer my own “mixed tape” of anything I feel like sharing with you in one fell swoop: books, articles, personal happenings, podcasts, songs, etc. Here is my random mix of the week. ::The book Escargot by Dashka Slater is my new favorite, a story about a french snail who likes… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday 4.8.19
:: We’ve especially enjoyed a couple different picture books this past week, A Couch for Llama by Leah Gilbert and Otter Goes to School by Sam Garton. ::This was yet another great podcast from the women at Risen Motherhood, as they interviewed Tim Challies on the subject of death and how to talk about it… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday – 4.1.19
It is gut-wrenchingly sad but so well-written. Check out this newer song “Pictures” from Judah & the Lion, featuring Kacey Musgraves. I feel so privileged to have heard Joshua Luke Smith’s poem “Becoming Human” at Hutchmoot last year. I love 2:28 to 2:44. Finally, I am only two chapters in but have really been enjoying… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday 3.18.19
::”My Mother Practiced the Piano” is an article that expresses so much of what I shared in my post on Friday night. The whole thing is worth reading but here is a favorite snippet: “Whether your art takes a traditional form like music or painting, or whether you are an artist in chemistry, cooking, gardening,… Continue reading Mixed Tape Monday 2.11.19
