I liked this book. It takes place in Appalachia in the 1930’s and tells the story of a time and a place that I am not very familiar with…of poverty of the likes I have never seen, of a rich history of music, of hidden stills, of traveling preachers, of superstitions and of mysterious creatures that come out at night in the hills. The story slows down a little in the middle, but picks up again towards the end. I also loved the piece after the end of the story where the author explains where the story came from.
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I don’t usually go on field trips. The bus ride is usually loud and it makes me nervous to be in charge of other people’s children in an environment away from school where they could get lost, injured, etc. I decided to go on this field trip though because they were going to The Gorge and I had never been there before. I am SO glad I went. The kids were fantastic and the field trip was awesome.
Standing in Oregon looking across the Columbia River into Washington learning about how The Gorge was formed.
Horsetail Falls
On a hike up to the top of the falls
Walking behind the falls
My group…wet, but happy. 😉
At the fish hatchery
The morning began with a family brunch and the opening of gifts.
Yes, that’s a First Communion trophy engraved with his name, the church’s name and the date. He loved it and it’s perfect because it’s a cup.
Do you know how hard it is to wrap a trampoline? It takes a lot of paper, too.
The favorite gift…the metal detector.
Chocolate cake with chocolate icing and 8 candles.
And a few days later the grandparents came to visit and he had even more presents…
Good question. It’s because my website got infected and my dear, dear husband spent a long time redoing everything, but I have to choose a new header, but I can’t find one that I like. So until I do find one that I like you are stuck with the camel.
The boys had their first baseball game of the season last weekend. The weather was perfect and the boys did a great job.
Colm gearing up to play catcher, which he doesn’t like, by the way.
Post game chat
Good game, good game, good game….
I finally got around to reading The Hunger Games. It is a good read and I get what all of the hype is about, but I am going to wait until I read the next one. My dreams are getting weird. I think my brain needs a break.
Getting the eggs ready the night before.
Trying to find that one last egg…we never did find it.
Post egg hunt egg roll which is really just an excuse to destroy their eggs.
Easter brunch
Book club is meeting at my house next week and this is the book we chose to read for this month. I liked it. It captures a family at a time in their lives when they are going through a very, very hard time. All families have their ups and downs, their baggage and secrets and they all seem to spill out at once for the Ryries. The only thing I didn’t like about this book was the ending. Things wrapped up a little too neatly for me.
