Last week was busy on my blog! We had another week of great posts for British Isles Friday — it seems there was some pent-up energy for posts about Great Britain and Ireland in the book blogging community. Don’t miss … Continue reading →
Welcome back to British Isles Friday! We had a great turn-out last week with a huge variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to trip photos. My personal favorite was the description of tea with the Queen at … Continue reading →
Bloggiesta was so fun! I loved that it was four days this time. I had time to both socialize and get things done. I joined in all the Twitter chats, at least for a little while, and loved visiting other blogs … Continue reading →
I’m so looking forward to Bloggiesta! Will you be participating? I intend to write my sign up post this afternoon. My Sunday was mostly spent organizing my reading plans so I could join the Spring Reading Thing and Once Upon … Continue reading →
I’m reading books set in England to get in the mood for a hoped-for trip in the fall. This passage, from The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters, made me hungry for breakfast: On a sunny summer morning the … Continue reading →
The second page of Elizabeth Peters’ The Murders of Richard III stumped me with quondam: He had private reasons for wanting Jacqueline Kirby to develop an interest in Richard III, quondam king of England, who had met a messy death … Continue reading →
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My blog celebration of St. Patrick’s Day was on Saturday in the form of a Weekend Cooking post about cabbage salad. Cabbage is cheap, plentiful, and tasty around St. Patrick’s Day — so pick up a … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 8:56 am. The scene: // Snapped back to cold and rainy after several days in a row that were nice enough to walk without a jacket. Listening to: // My Cheering up playlist including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On … Continue reading →