100 Themes Poem: “Maman Marie” in French and English

100 Themes Poem "Maman Marie" by Randi Anderson

The 100 themes are back! As I’m doing this Forty Days of Verse challenge for Lent, I’m finding I need a little extra inspiration to keep up the daily poem habit. So why not combine it with a challenge I’ve already started? Today’s poem was inspired by the next theme on the list (a long time … Read more

The June Shelfie Gets Artsy-Fartsy (And a Little Out of Hand)

What I'm Reading - RandiAnderson.com

Folks, I fell off the wagon. I’m sure you’re not surprised to hear it. Even when I made that 4-book diet resolution, I was already cheating on it. BUT IT’S ‘KAY because the books I’m reading this month are even better than last month’s! My spiritual reading pick hasn’t changed (I’ll be reading The Imitation … Read more

My First Shelfie on a 4-Book Diet

What I'm Reading - RandiAnderson.com

Sometimes it’s possible to read too much. Not horizontally — that is, too often, or too widely — but vertically. By which I mean reading too many books at once. If you’re as excitable and easily distracted as I am, you know the pain. You start off reading one, maybe two books — a fiction and … Read more