Welcome, New Readers!

January 20, 2006 @ 4:09 am | Filed under: Who We Are

There’s been a lot of new traffic to the site as a result of the BoB Awards. I thought I should take a moment to introduce new readers to the rest of my family, since I’m the only one with a nifty “About Me” link. My fabulous husband Scott holds forth here. “Jane,” who chose her alias in honor of a favorite book character (it was a close race between Jane of Lantern Hill and Triss), is ten and a half at the time of this writing. “Rose” is our sweet and thorny seven-and-a-half year old. “Beanie” is bouncy daughter number three, a hairsbreadth away from turning five. “Wonderboy,” who earned his nickname before he was a week old (and continues to add to its legacy on a daily basis), celebrated his second birthday last month. And then of course there is Baby Girl Whose Name We Aren’t Telling Yet, who is due to join the party in April.

Welcome to all the new visitors. I’d love to get to know who you are, so please feel free to drop me a note or comment!


In other blog news, I should mention that I have revamped my blog categories. When I began the blog, I was resistant to labeling our learning adventures with academic subject names, since for us all subjects are intertwined. However, I realize that readers who are looking for resource suggestions for specific subjects such as math, history, and so on, find it easier to zero directly in on their topic of choice. With that in mind, I have revisited every post in my “Fun Learning Stuff” category and added a specific subject tag as well. If you click on Archives and Categories in the right sidebar, you’ll see what I mean.

Also, there’s a new feature in the right sidebar. Click on “This Time Last Year” (under “Where to Find Me”) to see what was happening here in the Bonny Glen one year ago today. I’ll update the link daily, more or less.

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  1. Happyheartsmom says:

    This is great! What a nice way to commemorate all your beautiful and thoughtful writing, keep inspiring, it’s awesome!! Happy b-day Bonny Glen!
    Warmly, M. H.

  2. Cindy says:

    Hello Lissa-
    I read you blog ‘most every day but have not yet commented… so here it is. Comment! Keep it up.. I love your thoughts as well as your resources. I come here for something new and a refreshing optimistic voice.

    God Bless,
    Cindy

  3. CityMom says:

    Lissa,

    This is unrelated to the post but I just wanted to make sure that you know about the Bleak House on Masterpiece Theater starting tomorrow night. Aren’t you in a year of Dickens? I am also going to mention this on my blog, but since I am sure that you don’t get to everyone every day, I wanted to make sure you knew.

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Book Log 08


In progress:


Damosel: In Which the Lady of the Lake Renders a Frank and Often Startling Account of her Wondrous Life and Times
by Stephanie Spinner

Lots of picture books
for the Cybils
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
(reading this aloud to Jane)



Recently enjoyed:


Bend-the-Rules Sewing
by Amy Karol

Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
(read-aloud to Beanie)

The King's Fifth
by Scott O'Dell
(middle-grade novel about a young Spanish cartographer's travels with Coronado in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola)

A Murder for Her Majesty
by Beth Hilgartner
(I posted about it here)


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Haystack Full of Needles
by Alice Gunther
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The Highwaymen
by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry

Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransom

A Street in Marrakesh
by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Knight's Castle
by Edward Eager (to Beanie)

(a sequel to Half Magic)



The Creative Family>
by Amanda Soule

The Losers (Vol.1): Ante Up
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Green Arrow: Year One
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places
by John R. Stilgoe
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Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
by Madeleine L'Engle

Dogger
by Shirley Hughes

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My First Mother Goose
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Blue Hat, Green Hat
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James in the House of Aunt Prudence by Timothy Bush


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Whinny of the Wild Horses
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The Penderwicks
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My Father's Dragon series
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Understood Betsy
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The Wheel on the School
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The Chronicles of Narnia
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