Bookends: June 2017
It’s finally strawberry time in Massachusetts! We’ve picked four weeks in a row and brought home a total of sixty-one pounds of strawberries. I froze a bunch of them and … Continue reading Bookends: June 2017
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TBR List Declutter: Week 3
Mundane detail that I’m going to pretend is vitally interesting: I’m putting these lists together when I have chunks of time available and then scheduling them to post weekly because … Continue reading TBR List Declutter: Week 3
TBR List Declutter: Week 2
Another week, another ten books from my TBR to scrutinize. For background about this weekly event, check out the introductory post. In December 2009, I visited the Salt Like City library … Continue reading TBR List Declutter: Week 2
TBR List Declutter: Week 1
If you go to my Goodreads profile, you’ll see that my to-read shelf has only seven books on it. “That looks pretty good,” you might say. “That’s a minimalist TBR … Continue reading TBR List Declutter: Week 1
Bookends: May 2017
May found me celebrating my daughter’s twelfth birthday and realizing that there’s less than 1.5 inches between her height and mine, writing and mailing our homeschool annual reports to the … Continue reading Bookends: May 2017
Bookends: April 2017
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
Dewey’s April 2017 Readathon Wrap-Up
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
Dewey’s Readathon, April 2017 Edition
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
Bookends: March 2017
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
Bookends: February 2017
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
Bookends: January 2017
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
January 2017 24 in 48 Wrap-Up Post
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
Imperfect Happiness 