Stuff We Like :: 7.8.16
The summer issue is out! And we’re pretty much happy dancing right to the pool for the rest of the summer.
around the web
Obviously, I’m totally a Mary Anne.
I cried reading this story about a Jewish family’s tea can treasure.
If you are having a rough day, I suggest you go and read about these underwear-stealing Scottish birds.
I thought this history of voracious reading was fascinating.
Elie Wiesel on All Things Considered.
at home | school | life
in the magazine: Did we mention the summer issue is out?
in the classroom: The fall schedule is making me wish I were still in high school.
on the podcast: Suzanne and I are talking about how homeschool moms don’t get sick days.
on the blog: To go with our summer camping feature, a roundup of our favorite campfire readalouds.
on instagram: So, yeah, my whole life pretty much did revolve around the summer issue this week.
reading list
on my night table: Baby Beanies: Happy Hats to Knit for Little Heads, Burr, A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel
on my 14-year-old’s night table: Yotsuba&!, The Raven Boys, Fifty Dresses That Changed the World, One-Yard Wonders
on my 6-year-old’s night table: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
together: The Westing Game (because talking to Suzanne reminded me how much I love it), The Mark of Athena
at home
watching: Children playing in the pool
knitting: Sleeping Cedars, Baby Uggs (these are going to be my go-to bootie henceforth, and the pattern’s free!), and Elijah
playing: Badminton, badly
eating: Pork and pineapple tacos
listening: To the cicadas all night long
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