Top Ten Tuesday: Most unique books I've read recently (since April 2014) 1. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith This raunchy, biz...

Part of the NYC skyline Weather: Overcast but not raining. There were a few moments of clearing today. The street trees are almost done...

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver is a collection of essays by one of my favorite poets. Some of the essays are short, paragraph-l...

April is National Poetry month. This Sunday Salon is dedicated to poetry and beauty and simplicity it brings into my life. Hello Lilian...

Back in 2009 the Obama family, for a family vacation, visited Accra, Ghana. I remember seeing footage of their visit on the nightly news. ...

Today I sent out an email to my staff with suggested books and topics for Spring Break reading. Here is that email: Hey folks , it is th...

Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I have actually met in person.  1. John Green , author of several of my ...

Long-time friends Weather ...guess. You are right. It is raining, again. It is so soggy outside. Yesterday two ducks were swimming in an...

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City Reader .  Share the opening quote from the book. Th e Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's...

Memories of Muffy on a better day Today we will put our dog to "sleep." She has a horrible cancerous growth on her leg. It is ...