This month the Willow House Magazine Book Club is exploring Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano. A stunning collection of stories digging into the tales of exile. Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolaño This collection of short stories, as Bolaño describes, is the “melancholy folklore of exile.” These stories, which are set in the Chilean exile diaspora of… Read More
Favorite Christmas Movies | Family Night
It’s time to snuggle into a big pile of blankets, pop some corn, and watch Christmas movies! I’m a huge Christmas movie fan. I used to have a “no watching Christmas movies before Thanksgiving” rule, but I broke it a couple of years ago when I realized I was never going to watch them all if I waited. We have several… Read More
September Book Club – For Adults & Kids
Book Club: One for you and one for with the kids. When my children were young, a group of parents wanted to start a book club where the parents and the kids participated together. We’d all read the same book and discuss. The trick was to find a book that the kids could read, and keep both the parent and… Read More
6 Ways to Enjoy the Fall Season
Warm summer weather is being replaced with crisp air. Trees exchange emerald greens for burnt oranges, and the days of lounging by the pool side are numbered. Hot summer days are becoming fewer and the slight chill of the air puts a skip in some peoples step to finally get a break from the summer heat. Its a perfect time to… Read More