National Reading Group Month (NRGM) is the innovation of sisters Martha Burns and Alice Dillon, Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) members and the authors of Reading Group Journal: Notes in the Margin (Abbeville Press). They aim to increase public awareness of the joy and value of shared reading.
First Book Post Pick: Great Group Reads
Story Snoops was started by four moms who share a passion for reading and want to help their children and others learn more about books that will encourage them to love reading, too.
First Book Post Pick: Find-a-Book
The National Children’s Literacy Website is a unique children’s literacy initiative and is part of the Soho Center’s National Children’s Literacy Information project, dedicated to advancing the literacy skills of young children, promoting literacy as an integral factor in the growth of society, and enhancing literacy in a variety of home and child care settings.
First Book Post Pick: Library Services for School Aged Children
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We have a 'yard waste' can as well as the recycling and the 'normal' trash. I try to compost as much as I can, but seem to still have lots of things for the yard waste can - rose and raspberry canes being very high on that list!
I'm waiting for it to quit being quite so frigid (and for me to feel better) to go out and do just what you are describing - the roses, hydrangeas and grapes all totally need pruned.
Am looking forward to it. I miss the garden and outdoors terribly by January.
You have grapes!!!!! That's cool.