No frills end-of-the-summer link love and blog round up

June was the last time I did the no-frills blog round up. It’s not that I haven’t been reading your blogs - no, look at my laundry pile, evidence I read too much - I’ve been too lazy to piece the post together. I like doing the round up, I like the feeling of introducing my readers to others. Kind of like a meet and greet social club. I think from now on I’ll do this twice a month, so I don’t feel like I have to do it every week and get overwhelmed.

So from my Google reader to you, I give you my favorite summer content.

Writer-Mama’s back-to-school giveaway. Lots of books for the (mommy) writer.

Kristen of We are THAT family is helping a family who fled their Russian homeland due to their faith in Christ.

Problogger: Is Writing Great Content Enough to build a Successful Blog?

Especially Heather: To teach a child (her thoughts on home schooling - please read!)

Heather Goodman at L’Chaim: Podcast - The Story of Your Life (part 1). You can view the rest at her blog as well, click on the “podcast” tag.

Tina at Spaghettipie: Safety Dance