Happy New Year to all! I am so grateful to God that he has given us a brand new year! I have spent most of this week preparing the house by dusting and washing clothes, light fixtures, and bed linen all in preparations of starting the new year clean. Well, I completed the task. So this morning after giving thanks to God, I joined my husband who had already prepared coffee and ventured out for a newspaper with my stack of books. What am I reading? Well, I'm glad you asked.
My Pile:
Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters: Queens of Comfort Food
The Music of His Promises (Elisabeth Elliot)
Paula Deen's Savannah Style
Color Struck ( Pamela &Joel Tuck)
Some Sing, Some Cry (Ntozake Shange)
The Good Negress (A.J. Verdelle)
Built by Wendy: Dresses (Wendy Mullin)
I began The Good Negress this morning and could hardly put it down except for the need for breakfast and to call family to wish them all a "Happy New Year!"
With so many books to be read, this month's selection will be an audiobook.
NBHE January 2011 Book Feature: A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is one thing to read about a great person, but to hear their voice heightens the experience. I pulled out my tapes on a casual evening with my eleven year old. I knew he would enjoy listening, so I didn't bother to tell him what I was about to play. I was amazed at his contentment as he listened, commented, and continued to tinker with his Transformers. So I pray you and your family will find pleasure and enlightenment in the sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, as well.
As I close my comments, my heart was stirred as I read Condoleezza Rice's Extraordinary, Ordinary People. What set my heart ablaze was the intentionality of her parent's choices to build community, hope, and opportunity for their daughter and the other children in the community. As home educators, we, too, choose to be intentional with our children. With this in mind, one of the book club's goals is to build a community of readers who will open the covers of books and find creativity, love, and passion for living. This year may your families go new places and experience new dreams within the covers of great books.
May God bless and prosper you!
