Sarah Miller

Dec 1, 2024 | unschoolforwriters.substack.com | Stephanie Duncan Smith |Sarah Miller |Alison Acheson

A gingerbread lighthouse from Christmas past…For years my boys and I made gingerbread houses early in December. They wanted to make a castle. Then we went to the UK and saw a water-wheel in a museum, so they had to add one of those. We ended up with a village with three houses—one for each—a castle and that wheel. One year, on a complete whim, we said, “Why not a lighthouse?” It made a perfect candle-holder. Some months ago, an editor requested a re-write from me.

Oct 31, 2024 | canweread.substack.com | Justin Barker |Sarah Miller

Today’s post is brought to you by my fellow Substacker and friend Justin Barker of The Most. Trying to create more connection amidst the chaos of parenting, Justin, a San Francisco-based TV producer, author, and papa of two decided to embark on a yearlong mission to make play, good stories, and creativity part of every day. He also has a unique history — more below — which made him the perfect person to write a guest post for Can we read? focusing on books that encourage kindness to animals.

Jul 18, 2024 | canweread.substack.com | Sarah Miller

Hello, you delightful people. I’m traveling for work this week (just like last week and next week and the week after that, and that), dealing with an inconvenient and painful health issue that saps my energy to near zero and thus annoys me on an almost unspeakable level because it holds me back, and I do not like to be held back, NO, THANK YOU, and find myself in the doldrums of summer, just a little bit.

Feb 29, 2024 | jewishnews.co.uk | Sarah Miller

When it comes to Holocaust denial, academic Deborah Lipstadt is one of the world’s leading authorities tackling those who say the murder of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazis never took place. But now President Biden’s special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism is finding herself up against “a new denial” over the Hamas atrocities of 7 October, and all the evidence in the world will never be enough to convince those who disbelieve, she says.

Feb 2, 2024 | canweread.substack.com | Sarah Miller

Join 4,200 other subscribers who receive reviews of books old and new, along with help finding “right fit” titles for their families, every Tuesday and Thursday morning. I’m Sarah Miller, a parent and a writer. I work full-time outside my home with a career that has nothing to do with this newsletter — which is to say, I know what it’s like to have a lot on your plate, and I’ve still managed to build our home library book by book (you can read more about that here).