Wytheville, Virginia: A “Novel” Visit

For a book nerd like me, it doesn’t get much cooler than visiting a place you’ve read about in a novel. We’ve gotten to do a lot of this since my older daughter and I read Virginia is for Adventurers by Tara Z. Fisher, a fun chapter book whose scavenger hunt plot takes readers onContinue reading “Wytheville, Virginia: A “Novel” Visit”

Searching for LOVE(works)

It has been a while since my last blog post. Between a busy time at work (report card writing and parent-teacher conferences were within a week of each other), recovery from vaccine #2 (which totally knocked me out), and several bitterly cold and icy weekends, we haven’t done nearly as much exploring as I wouldContinue reading “Searching for LOVE(works)”