Random Bits and Pieces

I’ve got some different bits and pieces I’d like to tell everyone and decided to just put it all in one post.

Leap Books, the publishing house that brought As Waters Gone By into the world, has changed hands. The new management/leadership team is excited, full of spunk and life, and determined to take Leap to the next level. It’s exciting. I’m ever so thankful for Leap Books and the opportunity to publish with their house. When you have a chance, jump on over HERE for more information and see what the new owners are cooking up. And join the fun.

SheLoves Magazine: The other day, scrolling through Twitter, I came across a tweet about this magazine and clicked over. I loved it. Absolutely. It’s an international magazine for women of faith – and the stories and the articles are lovely, full of hope, and down right honest. If you have time, grab a cup of coffee and Read. Read. Read.

A Design So Vast: I’ve been reading this beautiful blog for a few years now. And have not said much about Lindsey Mead or her writing … but I’m deeply grateful for her honesty, her style, and the way she graciously opens up her life for all her readers to peek in. She writes on thoughtful and mindful parenting, the sacred interplay of living our lives intentionally and watching time go by, and the various books she’s reading. She reads all the time. I’m always surprised when she writes something about a novel or memoir I’ve just been reading and we are both thinking the same thing about it. So fun. Anyways, if you have time read some of her posts.

Brain Pickings is an incredible website/blog. Another write recommended it recently and I jumped over to the site. And was stunned. Maria Popova has gone viral, absolutely famous. She writes and quotes and does book reviews on Creativity and Science and Faith. She sends out a weekly email that I read from top to bottom every Sunday morning. If you are interested in the link between science and creativity, faith and spirituality, reading, and writing … you will love Brain Pickings.

Life in Chile:

Rodrigo is constantly working on the house and I’m so proud of him. My dad once said that if you’ve bit more than you can chew, you just have to keep chewing. Rodrigo has kept chewing, and the house is starting to take shape. One wall at a time. One toilet at a time. One door at a time. I’m so thankful. Here are the latest pictures of the kitchen he’s trying to finish in time for my 37^th birthday next month. Yikes.

Emma and Lucas are just finishing up a good long winter break and it’s time to hit the books on Monday. But they lived up their three weeks with slumber parties, movies, pizza, and staying in their pajamas as long as possible. I have watched The Middle more times than I should admit.

We have added two chickens and a rooster to all the chaos and are currently trying to get a new mare for the kids to ride. The house, while unfinished and still in need of lots of interior and exterior work, is warm and dry. Thanks to God … and good insulation.

Up Next week:  A very special interview with Marlena Graves, author of A Beautiful Disaster, Fragments on Monday, and more pictures on the house project. Stay tuned.

Much Love,

Tina