Book Swap

It's no secret that I love to read. So, let's do a book swap!

Here are the details.

It’s Easy & Fun to Participate
Want to join in on the fun? It’s easy: just fill out the form at the bottom of this page and you'll be matched to another book lover.
Then, pick out a book—-$15 or under—-and mail it to your book recipient.
If you chose to send a used book, please make sure it's in really good condition.
Remember, what goes around comes around!
A few weeks later, you’ll receive a book of your very own.

How Much?
Please don't spend any more than $15.

Fun! Where Do I Sign Up?
Just fill out the form below and you’ll be added to the list.
You'll be randomly matched with another bookworm.
You must sign up by September 4.
Addresses will be sent the week of September 7 so you can begin shopping & shipping.

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Uniquely Me (a poem by Alex Graham James)

I am
a confusion of cultures.
Uniquely me.
I think this is good
because I can
understand
the traveller, sojourner, foreigner,
the homesickness
that comes.
I think this is also bad
because I cannot
be understood
by the person who has sown and grown in the same place.
They know not
the real meaning of homesickness
that hits me
now and then.
Sometimes I despair of
understanding them.
I am
an island
and
a United Nations.
Who can recognize either in me
but God?

by Alex Graham James


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Places I've Lived

I've had the joy (and sometimes strain) of moving around a lot. Here's a list of places I've lived.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lexington, Massachusetts

southern New Hampshire

southwestern Germany

Twin Cities, Minnesota

Oceanside, California

the Upstate, South Carolina


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Favorite Things about Fall

My favorite season is fall, and with August here and September almost at our doorstep, here are some of my favorite things about fall.

- going apple picking

- watching the colors change

- anticipating the excitement of a new school year

- enjoying new school supplies (one of the best things about being a teacher!)

- making apple pie

- enjoying chai lattes

- walking through crunching leaves

- carving pumpkins


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