Happy New Year, one and all! I hope every one participating in Sunday Salon and the New Year’s Resolution Reading challenge is having a great first weekend of 2015. Are you thinking about New Year’s Resolutions this week? Would a … Continue reading →
Happy New Year! How are you spending the first weekend of 2015? I’m reading some books to support my New Year’s Resolutions, one of which is Live Healthier. I had that down pat a few years ago but things slipped … Continue reading →
My favorite time of the reading year — choosing the challenges for the coming year. This time, I’m doing it in conjunction with A Month of Faves and Top Ten Tuesday. Today’s topic: Top Ten Goals/Resolutions For 2015 — bookish, … Continue reading →
I love the week between Christmas and the New Year — a calm oasis of time to close the old year and prepare for the new. In fact, I like it so much that I almost always extend it to … Continue reading →
Watch out for nested memes! Today’s topic for A Month of Favorites at Girlxoxo, Traveling with T and Estella’s Revenge is to do the Top Ten Tuesday meme at The Broke and the Bookish. The Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors … Continue reading →
Time: // 7:57 am. The scene: // Cloudy day. Rain and 60 degree temperatures, yesterday, washed away our early snow. Listening to: // “When the Red,Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along” by Louis Armstrong, with the chorus of “Wake up! Wake up! You sleepy-head. … Continue reading →
Book: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Genre: Fiction Publisher: Viking Publication date: 2014 Pages: 369 Source: Library Summary: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd is an imagined life story of the real-life woman Sarah Grimké, a … Continue reading →
Most of our evenings in Bath, we processed photos, read books, and ate supper in the lovely garden behind Queensberry Hotel — so pleasant and relaxing when we were still recovering from jet lag. Cider in Britain was wonderful. Americans … Continue reading →
As promised on Thursday, I’m posting the list of books our Diversity Book Club is reading for 2014-2015. I was in England and missed our annual selection meeting, but I am so pleased with this list. We’ve had some renewed … Continue reading →
As I promised yesterday in my post about the Roman Baths in Bath, today I’m sharing photos from the Pump Room where we ordered a full tea for a late lunch. The tour of the Roman Baths finishes in the … Continue reading →