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We're spending the summer at Gone-Away Lake! Elizabeth Enright's classic story of creating your own adventure is rich with wish-fulfillment fantasy. Enright brings cousins Portia, Julian and Foster to life as they tromp through swampland, evade the Gulper and befriend Min and Pin, kindly siblings living out of time. We discuss the decline of American aristocracy, summer's sweet melancholy, and the complex memories Gone-Away evokes. Casual children's adventure story stuff!MUSIC - Pippin the Hunchback and Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Do you ever feel like you are overwhelmed with the number of tasks involved in building your business? Do you realize you are not gifted in many of those tasks you are forcing yourself to do? The TRUTH is we cannot do everything if we want to accomplish our VISION. Maybe you dream of hiring someone to help but don't know how to hire someone, manage them or pay them for their work. It can be a daunting concept even though most of us recognize that we MUST hire others to reach our goals. Maybe you even feel guilt for hiring someone else (like I did). In today's discussion with Elizabeth Enright Phillips she shares amazing insights in how to hire as well as why it is VITAL to achieving our business goals! Elizabeth Enright Phillips is a full-time real estate investor and homeschool mom of 6 who thrives on delegation in the Central Ohio market and coaches other investors coast-to-coast to delegate their REI business while still making profitable community impact. Elizabeth and her husband Kurt got their start 21+ years ago by living on one side of a historic duplex in Central Ohio. When they couldn't sell the duplex, they decided to buy a few more. They only considered real estate as a full-time option once a mentor introduced them to private money and buying off-market deals. That started a journey of faith to scale and expand their portfolio so that Kurt could leave his high-paying job at UPS. Today Kurt & Elizabeth work together full time in their portfolio of 40+ doors of long-term rentals and co-homeschool their 6 children. Elizabeth specializes in teaching delegation with virtual assistants, training tenants, creative finance opportunities, private money, tax strategies, off-market deals, buying drug houses, and changing entire neighborhoods for long-term impact. You can find Elizabeth at: www.runningcreekco.com https://www.facebook.com/elizabethenrightphillips https://www.instagram.com/elizabethenrightphillips/ Visit our website at www.TrueWealthInvestors.com for more real estate wisdom and resources. If you're an ambitious investor striving for significant goals, don't miss the opportunity to join our ELEVATE Mastermind Group. Apply now at www.TrueWealthInvestors.com/mastermind and connect with like-minded individuals ready to elevate their business to new levels. Tune in, take notes, and let's unlock the secrets of strategic real estate selling together!" More Resources & Links Struggling to get started in Real Estate or feel like you are struggling to get to the next level? Check out this Free Vision Casting Video to help clarify your goals and get specific steps to accomplish them! Ready to see if you qualify for the ELEVATE Mastermind? Schedule a 30 Minute Strategy Meeting with Chad to see if it's right for you. Connect with Chad on LinkedIn Follow Chad on Instagram Follow Chad on YouTube Follow True Wealth on Facebook Be sure to leave a rating & review to let us know how this show has helped YOU!
Our guest this week is Anna Rose Johnson, author of the award winning The Star That Always Stays and the forthcoming The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry (pre-orders are open!). Check out Anna Rose's Instagram page for more genealogy information from The Star That Always Stays. The Star That Always StaysThe Luminous Life of Lucy LandryBooks recommended in this episode by the host and guest:Jane of Lantern Hill by L. M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottEmily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart LovelaceThe Betsy Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace- this is a graded series where the reading level and maturity of the content rises with eac book as the cast ages and matures. Content Considerations are available in our free literary catalogue. The Shoe books by Noel Streatfeild- a six book seriesMelendy Quartet- four book series (The Saturdays, Then There Were Five, The Four-story Mistake, Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze)Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright (two book series with Return to Gone-Away Lake)Anne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryPollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter (sequel to Pollyanna, for teens)Maggie Rose, Her Birthday Christmas by Ruth SawyerThe Mitchells series by Hilda Van Stockum (three book series: Five for Victory, Canadian Summer, Friendly Gables) From Anna by Jean LittleMine for Keeps by Jean LittleThe Penderwicks series by Jeanne BirdsallVanderbeekers series by Karina Yan GlaserRosetown by Cynthia RylantA Place to Hang the Moon by Kate AlbusMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Ramona series by Beverly Cleary (eight book series)Thank you for joining us this week! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!Be sure to check out our free literary catalogue of books our team has read and recommends! And subscribe for future episodes and book lists!Book links in this episode are to the Reshelving Alexandria Amazon storefront. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.reshelvingalexandria.com
What fear pops up in your parenting again and again? Maybe it's, “how do I teach my kids that they can do hard things in a loving way?” or, “what if my kids make bad decisions?” or “what if I'm a bad mom?” These fears can feel overwhelming and that the answers to them are complicated. My guest this week gives us an unexpected ally in overcoming the fears that grip us as moms - reading aloud. It sounds almost too simple, but author and mom of 7, Jennifer Pepito, shows us that the stories we share with our kids can help them navigate some of the tougher experiences with life. By exposing our kids to character building stories we can infuse them with perspective and thoughtfulness as they face life's difficult situations. She also encourages us that forgiveness can be an avenue to freedom from fear in our lives and specifically our parenting. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode briefly mentions suicide. If you or anyone you know are struggling with suicidal thoughts please reach out to someone you trust. You can call or text 988 anytime of day or night. Connect with Jennifer Pepito: Website: https://www.thepeacefulpreschool.com Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/peacefulpress/ Instagram: @JenniferPepito Links Mentioned: Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito PREORDER BONUSES→Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito Wild and Free Podcast Books Mentioned: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody (book 1 of 8 in series) The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss James Herriot book series The Little House 9 Volume Set (includes Little House on the Prairie) by Laura Ingalls Wilder Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright Related Episodes: Recovering from Mom Burnout :: Nicole Zasowski [Ep 357] The Day Fear Died :: Courtney Smallbone [Ep 201] Practicing Faith Through Fear :: Dominique Young [Ep 295] Featured Sponsors: Caraway. Non-Toxic cookware made modern. Get 10% off your next purchase at Carawayhome.com/DMA. Stitch Fix. For a limited time, get $20 off your first purchase at StitchFix.com/DMA Outschool. Save $15 on your child's first class at Outschool.com/DMA.
Today we celebrate a Swedish botanist and professor, a Scottish minister, and naturalist, and a British botanist. We hear an excerpt about September's changing colors. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about the language of plants - what they are saying to us if we only knew how to listen. And then we'll wrap things up with an American writer and her description of the end of summer. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf. Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org Curated News E Is For Evergreen | Boyles & Wyer | John Wyer Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there's no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community where you'd search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events September 17, 1702 Death of Olaus Rudbeck, Swedish botanist. Four months before he died, a fire destroyed much of Upsala. At 72, he helped lead the effort to save the building where he taught even after learning that the fire had destroyed his home along with his personal collections and writings. Thanks to Olaus, the university library was saved. After the fire, he drew up plans to rebuild the city. (The plans were carried out without him.) Twenty-nine years after his death, Carl Linnaeus named the Rudbeckia, or Black-Eyed Susan, after him. Linnaeus wrote, So long as the earth shall survive and as each spring shall see it covered with flowers, the Rudbeckia will preserve your glorious name. September 17, 1833 Birth of Hugh Macmillan, Scottish minister, and naturalist. In The Ministry of Nature, (1871), he wrote, Nature looks dead in winter because her life is gathered into her heart. She withers the plant down to the root [so] that she may grow it up again, fairer and stronger. She calls her family together within her inmost home to prepare them for being scattered abroad upon the face of the earth. September 17, 1910 Birth of Patrick Millington Synge, British botanist, writer, and plant hunter. He served as chief editor for the Royal Horticultural Society. In 1934, he joined the British Museums expedition to the Ruwenzori range in Kenya and Uganda, which inspired his book The Mountains of the Moon - a nod to Herodotus's name for the area. The equatorial mountain lakes were home to six-foot-tall impatiens, 30-foot-tall lobelia, and thick, tree-like heather. The experience was otherworldly and his writing is romantic and lyrical. He wrote, Slowly we glide out through a long lane of water cut through the papyrus thicket into Lake Kyoga, where blue water lilies cover the surface with a far-stretching shimmer of blue and green... Vita Sackville-West loved his book, writing, Readers of Mr. Patrick Synge's enthralling book... will remember his photographs of this alarming plant (groundsel). Patrick is remembered in the daffodil Narcissus hispanicus ex 'Patrick Synge' and in the exotic-flowering favorite Abutilon 'Patrick Synge'. Unearthed Words And finally, it seemed autumn had realized it was September. The last lingering days of summer had been pushed off stage and in the hidden garden long shadows stretched towards winter. The ground was littered with spent leaves, orange, and pale green, and chestnuts on spiky coats sat proudly on the fingertips of cold branches.” ― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden Grow That Garden Library Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano This book came out in 2018, and the subtitle is A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants. In this book, research scientist Monica Gagliano explores plant communication - a subject that influenced her research and ultimately changed her life. Monica has studied plant communication and cognition for a good amount of her academic career. She shares firsthand accounts from people all over the world and then shares the scientific revelations. This book is 176 pages of plant stories - strange, beautiful, and unforgettable. You can get a copy of Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $20 Today's Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart September 17, 1907 Birth of Elizabeth Enright, American writer, illustrator, and creative writing teacher. She won the Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer (1938). In book three of her popular Melendy family series called Then There Were Five (1944), she wrote, The mullein had finished blooming and stood up out of the pastures like dusty candelabra. The flowers of Queen Anne's lace had curled up into birds' nests, and the bee balm was covered with little crown-shaped pods. In another month -- no, two, maybe -- would come the season of the skeletons, when all that was left of the weeds was their brittle architecture. But the time was not yet. The air was warm and bright, the grass was green, and the leaves and the lazy monarch butterflies were everywhere. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
The Saturdays is the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures. This is Chapter 1 where we meet the Melendy children and are introduced to their clubhouse and the idea they came up to pool their allowances and take turns having adventures in pre-World War II New York City. Hold on - The first adventure begins with Chapter #2 and you are not going to want to miss it! This is the first of four books.
Kaytee is chatting with her bookish friend, Jessica Howard, this week while Meredith celebrates her birthday! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a meta podcast moment in which Jess hears herself mentioned on the podcast, and a dentist/book overlap that will leave you scratching your head! Next, we’ll remind you about our Bookshelf Thomasville coupon code for you: CURRENTLYLOVING will get you 10% off from our friends over there through the month of August! One more week for this fun code! Moving forward, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re stuffing some extra titles into this segment this week, because we just couldn’t help ourselves. We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads as well. We’re also shouting out a few readers and their own Slow But Steady reads. Have you told us about yours yet? For our deep dive, Jessica and I chat about what it’s like to work at Bookmans in Tucson, AZ. She has lots of fun stories to share, some that make you go hmmm, and some interesting behind-the-scenes book review talk that you’ll love! Finally, this week, we finish with The Book that we’d like to press into your hands, readers. We’ve got a favorite author that doesn’t get enough love and a Southern novel that’s anything but slow. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! . . . . . 1:35 - Season 1, Episode 42 of Currently Reading 3:12 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry 3:26 - The Giver (quartet) by Lois Lowry 4:21 - Dark Age by Pierce Brown 4:27 - Red Rising by Pierce Brown 4:41 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5:41 - Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enwright 5:49 - The Saturdays (Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright 5:54 - Four Story Mistake (Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright 6:03 - Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enwright 7:26 - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 7:43 - Season 1, Episode 14 with Amy Allen Clark 9:36 - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves 9:47 - Raven Black (The Shetland Books) by Ann Cleeves 9:54 - The Crow Trap (Vera Books) by Ann Cleeves 11:45 - Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren 13:28 - The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone 13:45 - Imitation Game (movie) 15:30 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 15:38 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal 19:32 - The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy 20:08 - Savor by Shauna Niequist 20:37 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 21:11 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 21:23 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 21:27 - Serial Reader App 21:46 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 22:26 - Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange 24:20 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 28:14 - Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman 28:31 - Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews 28:34 - Gone Gull by Donna Andrews 31:42 - Shelf Awareness 34:38 - NetGalley 37:31 - Frederica by Georgette Heyer 37:33 - The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer 38:26 - The Conqueror: A Novel of William the Conqueror by Georgette Heyer 38:27 - My Lord John by Georgette Heyer 41:49 - The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson 43:35 - Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson 45:00 - Find Jessica: @howjessreads on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy, or Quirky Bookworm on Facebook *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*
In this episode of Reading the Newberys, we discuss three Newbery Medal winning books: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer, Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright, and Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry. Lauren, Leah, and Mandy each chose a different book to read, and they each share their review of these winners from 1937, 1939, and … Continue reading 24: Skates, Thimbles, Courage
Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Joining Tim this time is writer Una McCormack, who is absolutely convinced that she hasn’t just made up school songbook Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay, Screw-Top Virgin Marys, Desert Wellies, Elizabeth Enright’s Melendy Family novels, Jackanory series Tales From The Edge Of The World, and short-lived toy craze Trick Sticks. Along the way we’ll be finding out why asking about ‘Mr. Benn Men’ in school is frowned on, how to attract boys from the school across the brook by rolling up your socks and narrowing your tie, and why you can’t hide a pierced ear from Jesus. Also, there’s LIVE YO-YO TRICKS! You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/
If you are unsure which books being published today are worth your time (or if they're worth your time at all)... then this brand new episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast- all about some of the best books by living authors- is for you. We're launching season 10 of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast with an episode dedicated to books that I'm confident can stand up with the classics, and that are every bit as good as your old favorites. Over the last few years, I've noticed something rather curious: I hear quite often from those who feel that old books are pretty much always better than new ones. They talk about the literary giants like C.S. Lewis, E. Nesbit, Elizabeth Enright, and J.R.R. Tolkien as though we will never see another literary genius like them again. As though one had to be born in a certain era in order to write books as profound and beautiful as theirs. I've got an Opinion with a capital "O" about this, because friends- tomorrow's classics are being written today. If you're ignoring the best modern children's books (and their authors), then you're missing out on a lot of wonderful stories. You're also missing the opportunity to support and cheer on writers and illustrators who are making beautiful books for our kids right now- who are putting wonderful work into a world that desperately needs it. Have a seat, sister. I've got some books to tell you about! Click that play button below to hear the podcast: Books (both old and new) that are mentioned on this episode: (All links are Amazon affiliate links.) Nothing Found Links from the show: Grab our booklist!Get our picture book recommendations.RAR #21: Finding Allies in Imagination, with S.D. SmithAvi Author Access EventRAR #56: What's at Stake and Why Stories Matter, with Jonathan AuxierTuck Everlasting movieRAR #44: Magic and Fear in Children's Books, with N.D. Wilson 110,000+ families trust the RAR Booklist get yours free Great! Check your email. That's where the booklist will land. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address I'd like to receive the free email course. Send it to me! Powered by ConvertKit /* Layout */ .ck_form.ck_minimal { /* divider image */ background: #f9f9f9; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; overflow: hidden; color: #666; font-size: 16px; border: solid 1px #d1d1d1; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; clear: both; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: center; } .ck_form.ck_minimal h3.ck_form_title { text-align: center; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 28px; } .ck_form.ck_minimal h4 { text-align: center; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; } .ck_form.ck_minimal p { padding: 0px; } .ck_form, .ck_form * { -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; } .ck_form.ck_minimal .ck_form_fields { width: 100%; float: left; padding: 5%; } /* Form fields */ .ck_errorArea { display: none; /* temporary */ } #ck_success_msg { padding: 10px 10px 0px; border: solid 1px #ddd; background: #eee; } .ck_form.ck_minimal input[type="text"], .ck_form.ck_minimal input[type="email"] { font-size: 18px; padding: 10px 8px; width: 68%; border: 1px solid #d6d6d6; /* stroke */ -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; /* border radius */ background-color: #fff; /* layer fill content */ margin-bottom: 5px; height: auto; float: left; margin: 0px; margin-right: 2%; height: 42px; ...
Paul reads from Elizabeth Enright's "The Saturdays".