Reading is Cool

"Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Knowledge is power!" Joan Didion

Last week my little cousin Cord was visiting from Oklahoma. He is 7. He is 7 and sat on my couch perturbed that I was interrupting his reading of Moby Dick. The kid is amazing. I didn't know wether to be embarrassed or inspired. So I chose both. The next day I finished writing my summer book list and started The Impossible Art.

classic

mary-kate and ashley have always understood me. its like they put my thoughts to catchy songs...

America is Awesome!

I love 4th of July! It's always been one of my favorite holidays! It makes us all stop and really consider the blessing of Liberty that we all have and can so easily take for granted. There is something amazing about having a country to love. We should regard the blessing of freedom with deep gratitude and always be mindful of it's cost. This country was built on incredible courage, great imagination and unbeatable determination and bravery! We are so blessed and we should celebrate it! We are Americans! We are yankees and cowboys and firecrackers and patriots and we are lucky!

So have fun at your cookouts and pool parties or baseball games and beach days and make sure you think about all the reasons you love this country!

and here are some little 4th of July designs I made! You can pull them from here and print them as a 5x7 for a card or to decorate for your celebration!