Love, Laughter, and Life

Adventures With a Book Lover


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Haiku Moment: blow for wishes

bumper crop awaits

choose, imagine, inhale, wish

pucker up and blow

blow for wishes by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: barefoot

toes and roots dig deep

garden girl searches, enjoys;

dines on spring color

barefoot, bare-root seek

connect with God’s fertile earth

nourishment for girl and plant

barefoot by Angie Quantrell

photo by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Book Review: The Planet We Call Home, written by Aimee Isaac, illustrated by Jaime Kim

The Planet We Call Home

Written by Aimee Isaac

Illustrated by Jaime Kim

Philomel, 2023

Wow! Thanks to Aimee Isaac and Susanna Hill, I was gifted a copy of The Planet We Call Home. Just in time for the birthday of my youngest grand who will turn 7 very soon. She will love opening her very own autographed copy! Thank you, Aimee and Susanna!

The Planet We Call Home is beautiful! Written in a cumulative style, each phrase is added to the next, so by the end of the story, lines have been repeated and the story internalized. I love this format! The lyrical text is hope-filled and based on nature and conversation of our precious planet Earth. Lovely illustrations complement and extend the story. Back matter provides resources for further reading and ways to help our planet. Well done, Aimee and Jaime!

With Earth Day coming up soon, The Planet We Call Home is just right! It’s also the birthday party day, so I know one 7-year-old who will be reading it on Earth Day.


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Haiku Moment: hope sprouts

look! bursts of purple

shout joyfully, spring arrives!

hope sprouts from its rest

hope sprouts by Angie Quantrell

photos by Angie Quantrell

model flashback of my grand, Autumn


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Haiku Moment: bun-bun

wild baby bunny

nibbles grass, carrots tempting-

now pet baby bun

mama fixes cage

nana bunny-sits, cuddles;

new home for bun-bun

wild baby by Angie Quantrell


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Haiku Moment: croaking greenery

croaking greenery

hides hungry peeper intent

on locating friends

croaking greenery by Angie Quantrell

photo by Angie Quantrell, Yakima Valley