It was one of those unexpected occurrences that change your life in ways that never occur to you. On November 5, 2023, just two days after this photo of my husband and I was taken, he had a massive stroke. We are a blessed family. I say this with all sincerity because we were told …
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Christmas 2022
It’s that most wonderful time of year to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! One of the nice things about the long winter nights is that instead of working outside in the yard or garden till dark, I get to curl up at my favorite place on the couch with a hot cup of tea and …
Reading Routines
I am sure everyone’s reading routines evolve and change over the years as life circumstances change. I think back to when I was a child growing up and the only routine I remember is reading before I fell asleep or at least as long as I could get away with sneak reading huddled near the …
Summer Reading as a College Student and Youngish Adult
When I was a college student way back in the 1980’s, I had a recurring and amazing summer seasonal job on a survey crew working for the USDA Forest Service. Once I graduated, my new husband and I stayed and worked the full seasonal appointment of 180 days, starting sometime in the spring and ending …
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2021 Reading Year in Review
While I was looking back at my 2021 book journal a few things stood out to me. First, I’d like to acknowledge that while I have kept a yearly list of all the books I have read since the 6th grade, 2021 was the first year that I wrote in a book journal for every …
Merry Christmas!
It is once again the season of great joy when we celebrate the coming of Christ. We also get to enjoy all the pretty lights, inspiring music, fun movies, wonderful family, dear friends and of course gift giving and receiving. I’m not sure which I enjoy more; giving someone the perfect gift, be it big …
Bookshelves: Theory, Organization and Meaning
I wanted to write a bit about bookshelves. Bookshelves are basic furniture and mostly not very remarkable. They come in many varieties from board and cinder block, to built-in. Some are floor to ceiling; some are short and squat. Some beautifully crafted, and some come in a flat box to put together. My first memory …
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What I Did on Summer Vacation 2021
Dear Readers, It has been a while since I have sat down to do some writing; the summer has been fun and busy, full of all sorts of things. As always, I read some really wonderful books over the summer. Highlights from June: “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morgenstern I liked that that the main …
Oh, What a Year
I entered college in the fall of 1980. The University that I attended was at that time on terms, rather than semesters, so we had a fall, winter and spring term and changed class schedules at each change of term. I was an exceptionally clueless college freshman. I lived at home, which was about twenty …
Apples and “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
I was in high school in the late 1970’s and during the oil embargo, my school district voted not to build a much-needed school building and instead had the middle school and high school students use the same space in “split shifts”. The building was the high school from 7:00 am to noon and the …
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