According to The Teachers Calendar, February is American Heart Month as decreed by Presidential Proclamation each year since 1964. As I reported in last week’s Weekend Cooking post (Book Review: Eating Well for a Healthy Heart Cookbook), I looked at … Continue reading →
Check out Maw’s Books for all the details on Bloggiesta! The Saturday chores are done and it’s time to celebrate Bloggiesta, Day 2. I spent six and a half hours enjoying Bloggiesta yesterday, completing seven items on my list. Although, … Continue reading →
Today begins Bloggiesta, a three day marathon for doing blog-related tasks, hosted by Maw’s Books. I’m getting a later start than I planned due to the necessity of shoveling snow, but Care of Care’s Online Book Club also had shoveling … Continue reading →
This week’s Booking Through Thursday question is: Even I read things other than books from time to time … like, Magazines! What magazines/journals do you read? My nephew went to a Catholic grade school where the students were coerced encouraged … Continue reading →
There are two almost polar opposite memes that I would like to explore on Wednesdays. One is called Wordless Wednesdays and is a day for posting a picture as the day’s blog entry. There are book bloggers who participate in … Continue reading →
Book: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Genre: Memoir Publication date: 2005 Paperback: 227 pages Summary: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion is about the year or so after her husband died, an event that occurred … Continue reading →
I finished reading Never Say Diet by Chantel Hobbs (look for my review later in the week) and The 3-Day Solution Plan by Laurel Mellin. Laurel commented on last week’s It’s Monday post (how cool is that?) and suggested that … Continue reading →
Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of the creation so as to believe that whatever curiosity the order of things has awakened in our minds, the order of things can satisfy. … Continue reading →
February is American Heart Month, so I explored my public library’s catalog for heart healthy lifestyle books to review for Weekend Cooking next month. I found so many that I can start this month! Book: Eating Well for a Healthy … Continue reading →
According to The Teachers Calendar, School Year 2010-2011, today is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Hugh Lofting, author of the Doctor Dolittle books. Book:The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Genre(s): Children’s chapter book Publisher: Tor Publication … Continue reading →