April in Massachusetts was a stop-and-start process towards spring. We heard spring peepers peeping, watched the maple trees bloom and then make itty-bitty seeds, and now we’re seeing leaves galore. … Continue reading Bookends: April 2017
Here I am, another readathon in the books. So to speak. I ended up reading from 8am Saturday until about noon on Sunday, with a 7-hour break to sleep and … Continue reading Dewey’s April 2017 Readathon Wrap-Up
Today is one of the best days of the year: readathon day! My TBR is this stack plus a download of the audio version of Anne Tyler’s Vinegar Girl, a … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon, April 2017 Edition
Tonight while we were making dinner, our twenty-six-year-old stove went kaput. Luckily, just yesterday we got a new toaster since the one we bought in 2003 stopped working the day we … Continue reading Pushing Appliances to Their Limits
My time in central Massachusetts, experiencing the discourtesy people here call “direct,” has been six years of cultural fatigue. There are things that I love about the area, but the people are consistently prickly. Yes, … Continue reading Bookends: March 2017
Inspired by the hip, minimal furnishings in the West Coast rental in which we stayed last week, I’ve decided to do some deep decluttering at my East Coast home. Today, … Continue reading Minimalist Blues
Well, what do you know? It’s March. I’ve been so distracted by the crazy rollercoaster weather here in New England the past couple of weeks and so consumed with the … Continue reading Bookends: February 2017
Today, my daughter recounted for us a story she’d read about a pregnant woman who put headphones on her belly so her baby could listen to music. When my children stopped laughing, … Continue reading Nursery Song
January was a very good month to immerse oneself in fiction. To do this, one needed only turn on the news, but, always one to choose the path that’s less likely … Continue reading Bookends: January 2017
This morning, I drove through the slush to my doctor’s office for my well-woman exam. Since the recommendations changed, I don’t have to have my feet up in stirrups nearly as … Continue reading My Planned Parenthood Story
Well, the 2017 24 in 48 Readathon, January edition, has come and gone. I’ll use the official 24in48 closing survey as a guide for my wrap-up: How many books did … Continue reading January 2017 24 in 48 Wrap-Up Post
Broken Monsters is the second and last book I finished for this year’s 24 in 48 readathon, matching my “finished” total for Dewey’s Readathon this past October. I cheated a little … Continue reading Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Imperfect Happiness 