tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73355514686320540202024-03-13T23:40:02.152-07:00We're Reading and Writing but no 'RithmeticWe love reading and we are also working on various writing projects so we figured - why not share our world.A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-54520807425293693112011-12-26T17:00:00.001-08:002011-12-26T17:00:48.198-08:00Still enjoying literature<div id="w5cbe5cf6a6e41e29eb7a5af6887da9f6"></div><script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="http://www.librarything.com/widget_get.php?userid=musicisourhigh&theID=w5cbe5cf6a6e41e29eb7a5af6887da9f6"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/musicisourhigh">My Library</a> at <a href="http://www.librarything.com">LibraryThing</a></noscript>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-39643697640926523012011-09-16T09:20:00.001-07:002011-09-16T09:20:42.962-07:00Right now we're loving this series...<img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTcxNzYwNzA*ODMmcHQ9MTI5NzE3OTAwMTI*OSZwPTE2MzAzMTImZD*mZz*yJm89MDU5MGQ5ZWJjY2E*NGFmZGE4/Nzk4ZGM5YWM2NmMyZTgmb2Y9MA==.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" height="200" width="200"><param name="movie" value="http://go.thesyn.com/redglove/redglove.swf" />
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The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book."<br /><br />Groucho Marx</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-16760664060985106022010-07-07T07:47:00.000-07:002010-07-22T18:52:22.565-07:00We're Still Reading :)<div style="margin:0px;"><br /> <embed width="190" height="300" src="http://www.goodreads.com/images/widget/widget2.swf" <br /> quality="high" wmode="transparent" <br /> FlashVars="id=1631410&shelf=read&title=Werereadingandwriting's bookshelf: read&host=www.goodreads.com&sort=date_added&order=d¶ms=amazon,,dest_site,"><br /> </embed><br /></div><br /><div style="display:none"><br /> <div style="border: 1px solid #d7d7d7;-moz-border-radius:10px;-webkit-border-radius:10px;width: 165px;padding:10px; margin-bottom: 4px"><span style="color: #aaa;font-style:italic">Werereadingandwriting's bookshelf: read</span><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1955899.The_Mysterious_Visitor" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="The Mysterious Visitor: Trixie Belden #4"><img alt="The Mysterious Visitor: Trixie Belden #4" border="0" height="70" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190847286s/1955899.jpg" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5627498-peace-week-in-miss-fox-s-class" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class"><img alt="Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class" border="0" height="70" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267769037s/5627498.jpg" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3240020.No_More_Yawning_" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="No More Yawning!"><img alt="No More Yawning!" border="0" height="70" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267879835s/3240020.jpg" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773277.When_Gorilla_Goes_Walking" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="When Gorilla Goes Walking"><img alt="When Gorilla Goes Walking" border="0" height="70" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178224397s/773277.jpg" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1793134.Children_s_Book_of_Virtues_Audio_Treasury" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="Children's Book of Virtues Audio Treasury"><img alt="Children's Book of Virtues Audio Treasury" border="0" height="70" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266896659s/1793134.jpg" width="50" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3226939.Monday_With_a_Mad_Genius_and_Dark_Day_in_the_Deep_Sea" style="float: left; padding: 2px" title="Monday With a Mad Genius and Dark Day in the Deep Sea (AUDIOBOOK) [CD] (Magic Tree House, Book 38 and Book 39)"><img alt="Monday With a Mad Genius and Dark Day in the Deep Sea" border="0" height="70" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TqVCKOomL._SL75_.jpg" width="50" /></a><br style="clear:both"/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1631410-werereadingandwriting" style="color: #aaa;font-size: .9em">More of Werereadingandwriting's books »</a><br /> </div><br /></div><br /><div style="margin:0px;"><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1631410-werereadingandwriting" target="_blank"><img alt="Werereadingandwriting's book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists" border="0" height="32" src="http://www.goodreads.com/images/widget/widget_logo.gif" title="Werereadingandwriting's book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists" width="190" /></a><br /></div>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-21828419372585648172010-05-28T16:32:00.000-07:002010-05-28T16:34:29.638-07:00Quote for the Day<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Ever since I was first read to, then started reading to myself, there has never been a line read that I didn't hear. As my eyes followed the sentence, a voice was saying it silently to me. It isn't my mother's voice, or the voice of any person I can identify, certainly not my own. It is human, but inward, and it is inwardly that I listen to it. It is to me the voice of the story or the poem itself. - Eudora Welty</span></span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-24994628013545728612010-04-21T17:53:00.001-07:002010-04-21T17:54:24.228-07:00Quote for the Day<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others. - Andre Maurois (via Meditations for Mothers of Toddlers)</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-31757623708506663912009-11-30T08:39:00.000-08:002009-11-30T08:40:12.627-08:00Sharing some of the books in our life<div style="margin:0px;"><br /> <embed width="190" height="300" src="http://www.goodreads.com/images/widget/widget2.swf"<br /> quality="high" wmode="transparent"<br /> FlashVars="id=1631410&shelf=read&title=Werereadingandwriting's bookshelf: read&host=www.goodreads.com&sort=date_added&order=a&params=amazon,,dest_site,goodreads"></embed><br /> <br /></div><br /><div style="margin:0px;"><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1631410-werereadingandwriting" target="_blank"><img alt="Werereadingandwriting's book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists" border="0" height="32" src="http://www.goodreads.com/images/widget/widget_logo.gif" title="Werereadingandwriting's book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists" width="190" /></a><br /></div>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-8685128876128406522009-10-27T07:57:00.000-07:002009-10-27T07:57:00.675-07:00Quote for the Day<span style="font-weight:bold;">"What we <span style="font-style:italic;">should</span> do and what we do are often very different," Adah put in.~ From The Secret (Seasons of Grace, Book One) by Beverly Lewis</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-194051349641127772009-08-26T15:11:00.001-07:002009-08-26T15:11:02.493-07:00Dominick Dunne Dead At 83<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/39903/thumbs/s-DOMINICK-DUNNE-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/39903/thumbs/s-DOMINICK-DUNNE-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>Rest in Peace Mr. Dunne. Our Prayers are with your family, friends and fans<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/dominick-dunne-dead-at-83_n_269875.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-38782910111315681672009-08-18T09:49:00.000-07:002009-08-18T09:49:00.865-07:00QUOTE FOR THE DAY<span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Books will bring you happiness every day of your life. - James Patterson</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-3625638280865452372009-07-28T09:48:00.000-07:002009-07-28T09:48:00.470-07:00Author Thought for the Day<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >Read because you love to, not because you have to - James Pattterson (via 12/16/2007 Parade)</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-62773501515660325502009-07-16T18:03:00.000-07:002009-07-16T18:04:54.326-07:00A Thought for the DayLife is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. - Ralph Waldo EmersonA Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-38089043784304033082009-05-28T11:11:00.000-07:002009-05-28T11:11:00.097-07:00Quote of the Day<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. - Oliver Wendell</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-5174399126005601922009-05-18T18:00:00.000-07:002009-05-18T18:00:00.743-07:00Quote for the Day<span style="font-size:180%;">Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way..." - Robert Frost</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-35136659607585390812009-05-17T17:17:00.000-07:002009-05-17T17:18:02.159-07:00A Quote for the DayExpect nothing Live frugally on surprise. - Alice WalkerA Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-33685538100759954462009-05-08T21:19:00.000-07:002009-05-08T21:20:16.890-07:00Quote for the DayKeep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others ~ Robert Louis StevensonA Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-70555066813859380842009-04-21T05:10:00.000-07:002009-04-21T05:10:00.389-07:00Quote of the Day<span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >There is no remedy for love but to love more - Henry David Thoreau</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-47602996415349316112009-04-04T09:03:00.000-07:002009-04-04T09:06:12.292-07:00Christian Authors: Karen KingsburyI recently picked up a book (Ocenas Apart) by Karen Kingsbury from the library. This will be the first book I've read by her so I thought I would look online and find out more about her. I came across this clip:<br /><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ng2v6EjX07A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ng2v6EjX07A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-61447893936300272402009-03-25T17:44:00.000-07:002009-03-25T17:44:00.435-07:00Inspiration for Your DayThe most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. - Alice WalkerA Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-83042814475695615432009-03-21T00:21:00.000-07:002009-03-21T00:22:27.168-07:00Words for the Day<span style="font-size:180%;">If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded - Maya Angelou</span>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-21861783371206528712009-03-05T22:41:00.000-08:002009-03-05T22:41:00.598-08:00So Lemony Snicket has a new mystery<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/29487648#29487648" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><style type="text/css">.msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} </style><p class="msnbcLinks">Visit msnbc.com for <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072">News about the Economy</a></p></div>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-31336948932638441952009-03-04T22:06:00.001-08:002009-03-04T22:06:28.766-08:00Books <em>Aren't</em> DyingI've definitely been reading more. Our family max out our library cards regularly and make sure to keep the bookstores in business. There is nothing like the feel of a book in your hands.<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-dewitt/books-emarentem-dying_b_171940.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-69225150105999391722009-02-15T08:58:00.000-08:002009-02-15T08:59:38.233-08:002009 and readingThis year is shaping up to be a great one for reading. I'm not sure if it is the recession or what but I've noticed more family, friends,and even some foes maxing out there library cards and visiting more bookstores. That is a great thing!<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/ltsw/mySearchWidget.php?option_userid=musicisourhigh&option_title=My%2520LibraryThing&option_width=238&option_height=300&option_title_color=%23FFFFFF&option_color=%23999999&option_border_color=%23555&option_searchsource=1&option_linkSocial=1&option_covers=1&option_linkAuthor=1&option_showRel=1&option_amazonAssocCode=httpwerereadi-20&build=%C2%A0%C2%A0Rebuild%20this%20widget%C2%A0%C2%A0&option_searchboxText=Search%20my%20library"></script>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335551468632054020.post-72211173773258912432009-01-12T11:37:00.000-08:002009-01-12T11:38:34.141-08:00We've been doing more reading...<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=musicisourhigh&show=random&header=1&num=5&covers=medium&text=all&onlycovers=1&tag=alltags&css=1&style=4&version=1"><br /></script>A Family/Group Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875456512470985606noreply@blogger.com0