Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have Provided Solace in Times of Grief, Stress or In Need of Comfort   The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings ...

Jamie and Rhubarb at the Rainiers Game on Sunday   Weather: Overcast, but not raining. Still quite cool for this time of year. Rita and her ...

Top Ten Tuesday:  Quotes from Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels Still Relevant Today As part of a personal challenge I have been attempting to ...

Don and his grandsons at the property. Weather: Gorgeous. Today the skies are blue and the weather is average in temperature for this time ...

Title: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Hachette Book Group, 2018) Book Beginnings quote: (from Introduction -- "So You ...

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was So Excited To Get Yet I Still Haven't Read  The Anne of Green Gables series in a boxed set I purchased it...

Weather: Raining. One thing you can say about all this cool weather and rain, the grass sure is green. Our neighborhood is gorgeous with ev...

Title: French Braid by Anne Tyler Book Beginnings quote:   This happened back in March of 2010, when the Philadelphia train station still ...

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Characters in Real Life I had a lot of trouble with the topic this week so I decided to consult the Internet and wh...

Ian (2nd from left) and teammates waiting for their turn out on the soccer pitch. He liked this part of the game best. Weather : I woke up t...