I first met Jen Hatmaker on the pages of 7: An Experimental Mutiny against Excess. Her story of moving away from our mindless materialism into more conscious consumption is illustrated through a monthly endeavor to sacrifice luxury for the sake of peace and good stewardship. The experiment she conducts is extreme: eating only seven foods […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqzsbeXg7Lk?list=UUHHf4WwhpCqB74OI_LJclEg&w=560&h=315] All the text is backwards (mea culpa), so just pretend I encrypted it for the Little Orphan Annie club. Get out your decoder rings! I may or may not include some Ovaltine with the book for the winner. No promises there. Here’s a recap in case you couldn’t make it through the three-minute […]
One of my favorite things about living in a house with people who are drawn to art and creative things is that we often find overlap happening among our current projects and interests (read: obsessions). The connections are profound sometimes, and so interesting to me that, despite our varied interests, we find so much common […]
I’m setting out on a paper adventure. I have not read The Fault in Our Stars. I have not seen the movie either. I’m reviewing it anyway. Daina reads John Green books as if Guy Montag himself is about to storm our house to burn them. Every once in a long season, a book gets […]
When Daina runs out of books to read, I consult one of the smartest gals I know: Julie Kate Brooks, dear friend, fellow lover of Firehouse Subs and anything at Target, and daughter of a couple fantastic colleagues of mine. She shares my love of books, and every time we have a conversation about what […]