Today is the last day of November, signaling the close of my Neverwhere and Beyond month. Despite the burnout I felt toward the end of the month, I am so glad that I came up with the idea and followed through on it. I had wanted to do more, but given the circumstances of my [...]
Thankfully Reading ~ Day 1 Update
27 Nov By 13 Comments
I hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (or just a very nice Thursday if you’re not from the US). Our Thanksgiving dinner was a smashing success. The girls and my mother-in-law were, in fact, flabbergasted by the table. The girls wanted nothing more than to help spread out the [...]
Thankfully Reading Weekend
26 Nov By 15 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! For the last 6 years, Thanksgiving has been an extremely subdued holiday. There have been years in fact where we didn’t even eat a proper Thanksgiving meal. Danny’s parents are not up to the cooking much any more and ordering a catered meal has become our modus operandi. Earlier in our marriage Danny and I [...]
Too Much of a Good Thing?
25 Nov By 15 Comments
Yes, I do think that there can be too much of a good thing. While reading Stardust, I figured out that reading four books might be too much to ask of any author. There was no reason for me not to connect with Tristran or Yvaine that I can think of, but I didn’t. I [...]
Wonderful News about Makensie!
24 Nov By 10 Comments
At the end of September, I posted about the missing daughter of one of my co-workers, Makensie. I am so pleased to let you know that I just spoke to her mother. She was found in California and mother and daughter are on their way home. It will be a long drive, but they are [...]
A Song for Saturday
21 Nov By 4 Comments
We have a new radio station in Roanoke – 101.5 The Music Place. When Danny sent me a link to their homepage to take a look at their playlist archives, I think he was in shock. A radio station like this? In Roanoke? It seems impossible, but it’s true. It makes me think that radio [...]
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