Fanfare, please! Ta-da! We have two winners of John Jodzio’s signed short story collection, If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. They are, in no official order: Dani Rice & Jess [If the two of you would e-mail me at comment4elissa at gmail dot com (or FB me) with your address, I’ll gladly mail […]
Bigger Fish
Hey! Over here! Are you a good listener…an active listener? Or an eye-wandering, bigger-fish-to-fry kind of person? Or an interrupter, like me? [I’m trying, I’m really trying…to SHUT UP! My mind starts whirring when you start talking, and I’m afraid I’ll forget what I’m going to say. Still. I know that’s no excuse!] Here are […]
Reading Out Loud
This lovely (and heart-pulling) post by Andrea at Book Scout reminded me of the value of reading out loud. Not that I need a lot of reminding… Have you read the post yet? That first story of a father reading to his son over the phone is killer. Here at the Elliott house, we’ve been […]
Miracles
My sister Worthy sent this to me at the beginning of the week–“Make Believe” by The Burned. I can’t stop listening to it. Haunting, achy–it’s a cry against the arbitrariness of life, I think–and an observation that we are responsible. Which we are. Our decisions, our attitudes, our actions–all determine our path. And to a […]
Playhouse & If You Lived Here
This morning, we have three book winners (for Kristin van Ogtrop’s Just Let Me Lie Down). Well, actually, four, since I’ve decided to add one. Congrats to Megan, Angela Taylor Bisek, Ashley, and Kristi B. Some of you commented over on my Facebook thread, so if you don’t see a name below, that’s why. Will […]