by Brandy Heineman | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Reading
August 17 is Black Cat Appreciation Day! And I am writing this on August 26 because sometimes we can’t do everything the way we’d like to. But never mind—let me share with you a Bookish Memory of a cussing kitty. No cussin’! Penelope (or Nele,...
by Brandy Heineman | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog, Reading
“Can we keep her?” When Izzi came to live with us, she was a rail-thin scrap of a kitten our neighbors found living under their church. They brought her over. Mom agreed to let me keep and care for her . . . possibly because she thought the ugly little cat...
by Brandy Heineman | Dec 16, 2018 | Blog, Reading
Your new Christmas tradition? If you believe everything you see on social media, then the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod (or Jólabókaflóð, if you prefer) has charmed Americans. Essentially, the idea is to exchange books as gifts on Christmas Eve and then spend...
by Brandy Heineman | May 25, 2018 | Blog, Reading, Recommended Books
I’m more excited about No Less Days than the cat was. The idea of this book just fascinates me. I want to say the first teaser I saw about it simply said, “David Galloway can’t die.” From there, I couldn’t look away. And not that the hook...
by Brandy Heineman | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog, Everything Else
A time to grow… I’ve been wondering what to do with my blog for a while now. I love family history, but experience has shown that I can’t keep up the pace with the big, fully-researched stories on a regular basis. So, in the interest of diversification, and because,...
