Christian Piatt, the Early Years | by Linda Brendle

I woke up this morning wondering what to write about. The problem with writing in a memoir style is you sometimes forget which stories you’ve told and which ones you haven’t. With Christian’s new book coming out, I thought I might tell you about how his writing career began, but I was pretty sure I [...]

Confessions of an Ingrate | by Linda Brendle

In December, I wrote a post called “Confessions of a Book Junkie” about my lifelong love of books. After reading about my way of keeping track of the books I’ve read and the books I want to read, my cousin commented that perhaps I was a list junkie as well. Earlier this month I wrote [...]

Confessions of a Book Junkie | by Linda Brendle

I love books. There weren’t a lot of them around the house when I was little, but I loved the ones I had. Dr. Dan the Bandage Man, The Little Red Hen, and The Little Engine That Could were my favorites. We had a set of Book of Knowledge Encyclopedias, and while I wasn’t interested [...]