The Beekeeper’s Lament and other book reviews

Cover of "The Beekeeper's Lament" by Hannah Nordhaus. The top features a quote, while the title and subtitle, "How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America," are centered. The bottom shows a landscape with yellow flowers and blue sky.

This holiday season found me with some extra time to read. We went to the library and I found several books that were on my list and a few in the new section that looked fun. I also was able to pull a few off my shelves to enjoy again. Here’s a run down on … Read more

A Simple Christmas and other book reviews

At the beginning of the year I made a list of books I wanted to read and thought I’d post reviews of them each month. While I’ve read most of the books on my list, I haven’t done many reviews. So while most of these were not on my original list – I really have … Read more

21 Days to a More Disciplined Life {ebook}

 If you’ve been a reader here for very long you probably know that I have great respect for Crystal of Money Saving Mom. Not just because she and her husband are using 100% of their profits from her book Money Saving Mom Budget (you can read my review here) to help the people of Dominican … Read more

Seven Habits, One Thousand Gifts and other January Books

Earlier this year I picked two books a month to read and listed them out. I normally read more than that, but since my way of picking books is usually just perusing the new section of the library there’s books I’ve wanted to read that never get read because I don’t have a list. So … Read more

Old Fashion Chocolate Cake Like Grandma Used to Make

image of old fashioned chocolate cake slice on white china with blue flowers

Chocolate cake was one of the things we always made from scratch when I was growing up. My mom’s chocolate cake recipe was famous among my friends – it was a true old fashion chocolate cake recipe. Several years ago I got a package from one of my dad’s sisters and inside was a copy … Read more

Book Review:: Debt-Free U by Zac Bissonnette

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was reading Debt-Free U by Zac Bissonnette and that I’d do a review of it soon. Well, the wait is over and here’s my review… I will definitely have all of my children read this book as they are preparing for adult life. I say “preparing for adult life” … Read more