August was a month of berry-picking and watching monarch caterpillars turn into butterflies. I love having the monarch caterpillars chowing down on milkweed in my dining room and forming their chrysalides … Continue reading Bookends: August 2016
July was hot here. Of course, New England heat isn’t as hot as Utah heat or Arizona heat or the heat southern California had earlier in the summer, but we complain about it … Continue reading Bookends: July 2016
Atlas of Unknowns was the June 2016 selection for the SBC (the accidental book club I started with my sister). Comment below, or check out our Goodreads group to join … Continue reading Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James
This was the July selection for the SBC. It’s not too late to join the discussion! Visit us at our Goodreads group to discuss this or any of our other … Continue reading The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier
June began with the close of a very long project I was working on and ended with a road trip to Acadia National Park and Prince Edward Island. The month was marked … Continue reading Bookends: June 2016
Housekeeping was the May 2016 SBC selection. If you would like to join the conversation about this book or June’s book—Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James—I invite you to join our … Continue reading Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
When I got dressed this past Sunday I felt pretty badass. I went to church, and I got lots of compliments, so when I got home I had my daughter … Continue reading Bookends: May 2016
I intended to—and still might—write a really meaty post about this book, but I’m finding I need to mull over the ideas in this book a bit more. The short … Continue reading Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
April started out slow, but I managed to get a second wind thanks in part to Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon and the impromptu extension of the readathon I gave myself … Continue reading Bookends: April 2016
A group of children thrown together by circumstance and geography begin playing the Egypt Game in an unused storage lot. It’s all fun and games until things start to get … Continue reading The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Into the Go-Slow is the April 2016 SBC book selection. If you’d like to join the discussion about this or any other of the SBC books, visit our Goodreads group. May’s book … Continue reading Into the Go-Slow by Bridgett M. Davis
Today is the day! I cooked up some snacks (kale chips and macaroons) last night, got a reasonable amount of sleep, worked out, then sat down to breakfast and a book. … Continue reading Dewey’s #Readathon is Today!
Imperfect Happiness 