What I’m Reading Now

Our latest library haul . . . .

More cookbooks - you can see I’m getting into the “comfort food” realm of the year! After cooking and sharing my favorite slow cooker recipes this week, I’m itching for more!

Gardening Books - I LOVE The Backyard Homestead and am enjoying learning from Eliot Coleman

A Fun Sewing Book from Japan – Zakka Sewing. I love their use of linen and fabrics and love the viewpoint of bringing beauty and creativity into the everyday. If nothing else, it’s giving me some beautiful ideas for dishcloths, for me, and some sewn baskets for the boys! I’m looking forward to browsing it further, and

Several books on faith. From some of my favorite Bible scholars, Scott Hahn and the Pope. I’m really looking forward to reading

And for the boys. . .

We’re starting to collect some Christmas stories a bit early (before everyone else thinks to check them out! I am LOVING the Tomie De Paola’s Hark! A Christmas Sampler, and have been wanting to read The Real Santa Claus for a year or two, but it is out of print and kind of expensive to buy used. I was so excited to see it on the shelf as I’ve been wanting to check it out before I decided to shell out the money to purchase it! Finally, the beauty of Little One, We Knew You’d Come is just breathtaking. Though a childrens book, reading it last night after the boys were in bed, as a mother, brought me closer to Mary. And reminds me how much God gave us when he gave us his son as an example, a teacher, and ultimately, the ultimate sacrifice for us. You read this book and remember and think of the beauty of an innocent babe in a mother’s arms, and can’t imagine anything cruel happening to him. A perfect book for Advent, for both children and parents, as it truly, deeply shows the anticipation of a new baby, the joy and love He brings to the world and is just deeply moving. A beautiful book.