A Few Of My Favorite Things…

Favorite Harry Potter Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...which is Year 4 at Hogwarts. It’s also my favorite HP Book. Favorite String Instrument: oh Dang, my hillbilly is going to show with this answer , but it’s a tie with a Banjo and a Fiddle/ViolinFavorite Country you want to visit: Japan...TokyoFavorite Breed of …

Hairy Knuckles

I'm reading a book about being in your 40s. The author is an American who lives in France and she said one day it just all began...the switch from waiters calling her Mademoiselle right into Madame. Old ladies are Madame. And now she was being called Madame...old. Of course, age is but a number.  How …

Summer Reading

I haven't done a book post since March. I've been reading away and since it's summer, here are some things that I have enjoyed that you may want to put on your summer reading list. I'm starting with The Glass Castle. This book came out in 2006 and I believe it was made (or is …

Reading List

Books that I have read recently... I love all things Julia Child.  I have no idea why.  I did watch her show on PBS as a kid.  She seemed like a really cool lady.  Her life was quite fascinating.  And I love butter just as much as her.  This book did not disappoint.  Her grandnephew …

Bedtime Reading

I have had some pretty interesting books on my bedside table these past few months and one dud. The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin does not belong in the dud category for me, though. I loved everything about this book. The prose, the characters, the setting, the loneliness, the love, the heartaches, the desire to survive, …

Bedside Table Reading

I've found some good books and have plowed through a nice selection during the hottest days of summer and into the coolness of almost-fall. Right now on my bedside table is Rosemary-The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. What a story! But's it's not a book of fiction, it's the true story of the eldest Kennedy daughter who …

Battles With Quinoa And Librarians

My daughter had a late birthday party this weekend. She's a winter baby. February to be exact. She was born in the deep, cold winter that gets its arms around Northerners. The kind of cold that burns it way down into your lungs when you first step outside. She was born in Evanston, Illinois 12 …

Summer Reading

I have a friend who can read multiple books at one time. I can't do that. Now, I am darn good at multitasking... Bake a cake Throw in a load of laundry Run these leftover veggie scraps to the barnyard Reading multiple novels at the same time...I can't keep different stories from different authors clear …