To Kill A Mockingbird – Butterfly Mind

November 25, 2013April 5, 2017

Andrea Reads America: Alabama

I didn’t look at an Alabama map when I selected books set there for my Andrea Reads America project, so I didn’t realize until I started reading that two of my three picks took place on the coast. Boy did they make me miss home. All that talk about herons, and shrimp, and the salt … Continue reading Andrea Reads America: Alabama

November 13, 2013March 5, 2014

Atticus Finch is my parenting role model

“When Jem an’ I fuss Atticus doesn’t ever just listen to Jem’s side of it, he hears mine, too.” – Scout, from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird My most recent reading of To Kill a Mockingbird was my first reading as a parent – at least as a parent with children old enough to … Continue reading Atticus Finch is my parenting role model