My Life

I'm starting out on a voyage,
With heart full and head held high,
To sail the ocean, whether calm or rough,
Out under heaven's blue sky.
The voyage will be long and weary, I know,
But I hope many bright stars will appear.
So I'll sail my ship through calm or strife
With scarce a thought of fear.
I'll stay not here in this quiet place,
Where small ripples blow gently by,
But out on the deep, on the stormy sea,
There, out there, will be I.

- Cynthia Mallory Gardner
Spring 1934, age 12

Sunday, January 22, 2012

This one is just for me.  Here's my reading list of 2011:
 
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
  • The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis
  • The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck
  • The Girls of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson
  • The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
  • Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
  • A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
  • Percy Jackson and the Olymians: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
  • The Help - Kathryn Stockett
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
  • The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
  • The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
  • These Three Remain - Pamela Aidan
  • Duty and Desire - Pamela Aidan
  • An Assembly Such As This - Pamela Aidan
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
  • The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
  • The Giver - Lois Lowry
  • Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
  • Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
  • The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien
  • The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien
  • Beauty - Robin McKinley
  • Princess Academy - Shannon Hale
  • The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
  • The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
  • Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

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Me and the Kids!

Me and the Kids!
Oh they love me so much! Ha Ha Ha!