Reading, Writing, Working, Playing

 "...one of the most stupendous scenes in nature" Thomas Jefferson Last week, after the JASNA AGM in Baltimore celebrating Jane Au...

It's been a while since I last posted, mostly because I am in the middle of a couple of big books, and I generally wait until I'm do...

Fifteen Wild Decembers , by Karen Powell, is the story of the Brontë family with Emily as the first-person narrator. I've read a lot of ...

  Aboard Zodiac, Puget Sound, WA The Pacific Northwest is always such a fun, interesting place to visit.  For this year's trek to the Wo...

Happy September--commence the Pumpkin Spice season.  I have never had a pumpkin spice latte (does not appeal) but I love pumpkin bread, pump...

Perfect cover for this book! I loved Heartwood by Amity Gaige, which I just finished listening to. This is a multiple POV story, and the di...

Three Sisters Garden in July Garden Notes It happens every year, August hits and I am ready to harvest and move on to other things, like wor...

The Heirloom Gardener , by John Forti - I've been following John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener, on Facebook and Instagram for a few years...

Garden Notes This week's star native is Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot). This fragrant perennial comes in lots of colors, has spikey flower...

Author Tracy Chevalier not only never repeats herself when it comes to her historical novels, diving into drastically different time periods...