Learn how to get rid of magazines for a boost of usephoria. It’s great to get rid of things. I have a love-hate relationship with magazines. As a writer, I love that magazines exist because they give people like me places to get published, and to get paid to do so. As a reader, I […]
Trash Your Plastic Bags for an Easy Usephoria Boost
Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I don’t even know where they come from. I really try to use cloth shopping bags when I go to the grocery store, or pretty much any other store. Sometimes I forget, sure. Sometimes I run by the craft store and forget to grab a bag on the […]
The Joy of Usephoria
I love using the last bit of paint in the bottle before it dries up. Getting every stitch I can out of a ball of yarn. Reading a book and passing it on to a friend, giving it away, taking it to a Little Free Library or to my public library to shelve or to […]
How to Organize a Child’s Bookshelf
I don’t think it’s possible for a child’s bookshelf to stay well organized for long. And that’s probably a good thing. We want our kids to use their books, to pull them off the shelves and spend time with them. We wish they would put them away properly, but at least they’re reading, right? Part […]
How to Design a Reading Challenge
One of my big goals for 2017 is to read a lot more than I have been for the past few years. I enjoy reading all sorts of books, but I haven’t been reading a lot of fiction lately (unless the Magic Tree House series and other things I read with the girl count) and […]
Give a Kid an Unforgettable Gift with Mail Order Mystery
Mail Order Mystery sent us a free mystery to review, but all opinions are my own. And the girl’s. Over the summer, Barnes & Noble did a summer reading program promotion where you could go into the store, answer some questions about reading and get a free book. The book the girl picked was Detective […]
What the World Needs: #givewarmth
I spent a lot of time thinking over the holiday about what I am thankful for, of course, but also about how things feel really hard right now, in America and elsewhere. There is so much divisiveness and uncertainty and we don’t really know how it’s all going to pan out (which, I suppose, is […]