Good morning! Time: // 8:19 am. The scene: // We had some lovely days in the last week. But that’s over now. Back to rainy and cool reading days instead of warm and pretty gardening days. Listening to: // The weather radio. The blares … Continue reading →
As I mentioned in my Readers’ Workouts post on Tuesday, I took a long walk in Forest Park last weekend. St. Louis is celebrating its 250th birthday this year with programs, events, and birthday cakes! With 250 cakes scattered around … Continue reading →
When we moved to our house over 7 years ago, I made a good stab at organizing the kitchen tools into one long drawer. I always meant to make another pass at it after I learned how we used the … Continue reading →
April is National Poetry Month, so I’m reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver. Did you know that the sounds of letters have names, beyond vowels and consonants? After all, the soft s has has a different use in poetry … Continue reading →
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish: The 10 most unique books you’ve read. Here are mine, in roughly the order I read them: 1. Beowulf. I remember sitting in Mrs. Giltner’s English class and suddenly being … Continue reading →
The first British Isles Friday blog hop worked great last week! We had many participants with a variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to trip photos — including a description of tea with the Queen! Check … Continue reading →
Last week’s Sunday Salon / Bloggiesta post where I asked for input on the idea that became British Isles Friday was the most clicked on link in the Spread the Love Linky Party at The Steadfast Reader! Which means I … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 9:06 am. The scene: // It’s going to be a gray day, but no complaints after last week’s wild weather in the Midwest. In less than 24 hours, the storm radio went off something like 8 times. The … Continue reading →
Welcome to the first meeting of British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to … Continue reading →
This week, Ashley at OK, Let’s Read asks about our Thursday Thoughts on books and movies. My most-watched movie from a book is the version of A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim, but that’s because watching Christmas movies is a big part … Continue reading →