Conversation With Mom
My Journey on the Orphan Train
Teaching Your Teen to Drive and Survive
Leo Child
Cheap Tricks
What I Learned From My Children
New Years Resolution: Read Banned Books
Christmas Memory
Finding the Stewart Connection
"'Hi Mom. I called you yesterday, but you weren't home.' 'I was down in the game room playing pool.'"
"It is a blend of Dorothy's story and my story. I have experienced what an orphan train rider's life must have been from my 21st century point of view. She found that she had been a rider when she was five years old."
"Responsibility is the first requirement of a good driver. That will not be readily available at age fifteen when your child gets a learner's permit. It is a process that must begin about fifteen years before."
"We share a love of books and writing that we indulge on a regular basis, trading tips on writing, passing on magazines that we have read, and suggesting books to read."
"We taught our seven children to make a budget. One child's entry reflects the climate of that long-ago era. He got ten cents for a tooth."
"'Did you guys roll rocks down the hill and hit some Frenchman's car?' he asked. 'No, not us. I bet they blame us because we have the most kids of any American family,' said Tom, the sixteen-year-old spokesperson for the group."
"I was immersed in banned books early on and am ready to take on more today. Now I can find banned books everywhere on lists from many sources."
"When I think of my favorite Christmas, it never includes expensive gifts. It is always related to people, places and time."
"Stewarts, Stuarts, and Steuarts from nine countries came together for the centenary Stewart Society Gathering August 20-22, 1999 in Stirling, Scotland. The setting was Stirling Castle."
"Paul Revere saw Stanley and said, "Can I have Stanley in a picture with me?" A lady near Old South Church in Boston said, 'Hey, that's Flat Stanley!'"