We woke up to snow this morning! What happened to spring?? This is more snow than we've gotten all winter...and it's March 25. ...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love books...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. First day of spring this week! And the next morning...  Not very spring-like, is it? A...

Am I the last person on earth to read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, the best-selling and highly acclaimed novel published last year? It...

We had a long and tiring weekend here, but it was good to spend time with family. My dad and his wife spent the weekend with us, and we a...

-->When my son was assigned The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros for his freshman lit class, I decided I would read it when h...

It's Tuesday and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish . Today's topic? Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood was released today, including two of my own essays! The essay "A Gun in Every Gourd" is...

Ah, Monday, and life is returning to normal, finally. Our youngest son is back to school, after a month out due to illnesses and surger...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. Well, we finally got our snow yesterday morning: And a couple of hours later, it was go...

For such a short month, February seemed to go on and on. Our month started out well, with our annual Mardi Gras celebration, but went down...

During a recent It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Discussion, my cousin mentioned that she was reading a memoir called The Invisible Wa...

Well, I had hoped that life would be back to normal today, with my son back to school after missing 4 of the past 5 weeks, but alas, I am...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love book...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. Today's photo looks like a pretty still life, but it has more significance than that. It...

My neighborhood book group chose Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Judith Redline Coopey for its February selection....

Well, we had another rough week here, with very little time for writing or blogging. My 15-year old son is still struggling to recover fr...

Each weekend, Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking .  This is perfect for me since I love food and cooking almost as much as I love books...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot. It's been awhile since I've posted a Saturday Snapshot. We've had a rough month h...

Whew, rough week here last week. My 15-year old son was home from school all week with bronchitis, then had knee surgery on Friday...the ...