Once on a dark winter’s day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Released: 1905
You guys should totally check out this book. It’s way new.
Naw, I’m kidding. It’s like three thousand years old. This is the kind of story I could see reading to my kids, half a chapter each bedtime. I cannot see myself ever having wanted to read this [...]

Emilia awoke alone.

The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles
Release date: August 5, 2008
Another one of those stories taking place where I have very little knowledge – Brazil, 1920’s and 30’s. The story of two sisters raised in the interior of the country by their aunt, a skilled seamstress who passes on her knowledge. Emilia dreams of being [...]

I Do NOT Need a Bag

My wife and I are huge Target fans. So big that we registered for our wedding there, and make an almost weekly trip to the nearest store. A good chunk of our clothing is from Target, and I’ve even started buying CDs there. We love Target. We love it except for one thing. They always [...]