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Book: From Shore to ShoreAuthor: Tabitha BouldinGenre: Christian Contemporary RomanceRelease date: May 31, 2022Can one captain show her the deep love of the ultimate Captain without falling in love himself?Bree Jamison comes to Sparrow Island for one reason: to study coral reefs. She’s not interested in happily-ever-after and certainly won’t allow her handsome boat captain to sway her into believing these islands are different from any others. But when she finds an old shipwreck and learns the history of pirates and treasure, Bree finds herself searching for something that always feels just out of reach.Cooper Carmichael takes the job as...

Fungi are all around us – in the yard, clinging to branches and tree trunks, and sometimes in the back of the fridge. Scientists are discovering new fungi every year … it’s a mushrooming field. Funky Fungi: 30 Activities for Exploring Molds, Mushrooms, Lichens, and More by Alisha Gabriel and Sue Heavenrich The engaging narrative, which masterfully incorporates the science of mycology, is brimming with cool facts (like making shoes from fungi) and tons of fun STEAM activities and experiments – beginning with the creation of a “FUNgus” journal. It’s intriguing sidebars, stunning photographs, illustrations, and graphs, and scientist highlights...

I have just spent the past, nearly two weeks, being with my oldest child. He had a nice amount of time on leave from the US Army and spent it entirely with us and his friends from here, his childhood home. The big family spent a week up north in Michigan in an ancient Cape Cod on the coast of Lake Michigan. It is nearly our fortieth year at this Cape Cod, a place he has visited every year of his life until he went to basic training last year. This year, he was not going to miss it. The...

“While we’re here in San Antonio, Texas, let’s see the Alamo,” I suggested and Shine quickly agreed. I thought I’d have to rent a pickup and drive out into the Texas desert to see the Alamo. But no. The little Spanish mission was surrounded by big city buildings. The Alamo is smack dab in the middle of San Antonio, Texas.  Our Visit to The Alamo Shine and I were in Texas for a Christian Film Festival and we had a day to sightsee. We both decided to spend the morning at the Alamo and lunch at a restaurant on the...

by Claudia Boyd-Barrett Sheri Louie fell in love with Kristina the moment she saw her at the group home for medically fragile children in Fresno. A licensed vocational nurse, Louie had spent years working with children like Kristina who need special medical equipment to stay alive. But something about the fragile baby with expressive eyes felt unique. “I had a connection with her. It was more like how I felt with my daughter,” said Louie, whose biological daughter, Cynthia, is one year older than Kristina. “I loved all the kids there, but I loved Kristina different.” Kristina has cerebral palsy,...