We just finished our first full week of 2015! I hope every one participating in Sunday Salon and the New Year’s Resolution Reading challenge got the year off to a great start! Are your New Year’s Resolutions still going strong? Would … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Time: // 7:44 am. The scene: // My first Sunday Salon post after our three-week trip to England. We have a touch of fall here in Missouri — yellow leaves on renewed green grass after some rain. Listening to: // The Barr Brothers — a … Continue reading →
The annual book selection and potluck meeting of the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group is this month. I’m sad that I’ll be missing it — we always have so much fun talking about the books we’ve brought to … Continue reading →
Don’t you love it when something like an author bus tour comes to your town? And, don’t you hate it when circumstances conspire so that you can’t attend? Sigh. That’s where I am with the Fall in Love Tour. The … Continue reading →
Time: // 8:15 am. The scene: // Hot, hot, hot. Our first real heat wave of the summer. We’re expected to get to three digits today. St. Louisans aren’t mad dogs or Englishmen, so the chaos that made the news last week has calmed for … Continue reading →
I’ve become fascinated by bell-ringing as it’s practiced all over the British Isles and hope to hear some ringing when we visit England this fall, especially on Sunday mornings. One of the first things to know is that if you’re … Continue reading →
Time: // 8:40 am. The scene: // Warm and sunny. We’ve had a remarkably mild summer in St. Louis so no one, for a change, is complaining about the weather. Listening to: // “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” — I added it to my Good … Continue reading →