The blog had a busy week. I joined the #GenFab Blog Hop writing a Letter to Me, Age 20. That was fun! One of my Arkansas photos went up in Wordless Wednesday. I wrote about how I cope with peanut butter for … Continue reading →
The most important post I wrote recently was yesterday’s Why I Vote. If you’re a woman, go read it and go vote! If you’re a guy, there are a bunch of other posts in the Why I Vote event that will … Continue reading →
With the October Memoir Challenge, Dewey’s Read-a-Thon, and the more usual things that go on my blog, it’s been a full week. Here are the memoir entries of the last week, in order: Age 8: The Boxcar Children — October Memoir … Continue reading →
I’ve been participating in the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. The idea is to write a post per day in October that covers that day’s age. Here’s what I have so far: Ages 0 – 1: Baby Speed … Continue reading →
We spent a good chunk of the weekend in beautiful Kirksville, Missouri visiting Rick’s nephew and his fiancée — toured the campus of Truman University, enjoyed the local eateries, and enjoyed amazing conversation. My Saturday posts went up just before … Continue reading →
Book Blogger Appreciation Weekwas a busy time at Joy’s Book Blog! If you haven’t done it yet, be sure to take the exit survey for BBAW — it’s really short and easy: Please Vote on a Few Important Things for BBAW … Continue reading →
I was reading three or four other books, but they have all fallen by the way side while I read the 900 page chunkster Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. I could use another seven-hour flight to get this done — that’s … Continue reading →
Read I did not finish killing rage by bell hooks but had a good time discussing it with my book group anyway. I always tell people that our book club is very forgiving about people showing up who haven’t read … Continue reading →
It’s been three weeks since I wrote a Monday post. What have I been doing? Watching the Olympics, staying on track to write 50,000 words for Camp NaNoWriMo, and a bunch of other stuff. A little reading, but not much. … Continue reading →
On the blog this week… A Readers’ Workouts July 24 post when I was finally caught up. Check back tomorrow to see if I still am — and join this energetic group of readers who exercise. More Ireland photos on Wednesday: Wordless Wednesday … Continue reading →