Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads . I haven't participated in Snapshot Saturday most of the summer - just too busy...

We all know about the huge trend of making popular books into blockbuster movies which has exploded in the past few years, following the big...

I am trying something new this week! I have joined reading challenges for the past several years and enjoyed them. This weekend, I was rea...

Two more days! My oldest son moved back into the college dorms yesterday, and my youngest starts back to high school on Wednesday, so in ...

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...

I finally found time to read The Twelve , Justin Cronin’s sequel to the critically acclaimed and popular The Passage , as a part of my Big...

We're back! I haven't posted since July because we took a 2-week camping vacation to Cape Cod and Maine, then headed to Pennsylva...

Lake Ontario at sunset, from Selkirk Shores State Park, NY  What a crazy month! We had a couple of short trips, sent the kids off for a...

  Although I had a big stack of books waiting to be read at home, I grabbed yet another off my library’s recent paperback release shelf ...

Things have changed dramatically at our house since this time last week. My husband lost the vision in one eye while away on business la...

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...

Wow, what a week! I was insanely busy last week...and insanely exhausted! I pushed way past the normal limits of my chronic illness, on m...

Huh? What? Monday already? We just returned from a long weekend spent camping, so it feels like Sunday to me. We traveled up to the farth...

I bought Arcadia by Lauren Groff for my mom for Christmas, and she enjoyed it so much that she lent it to me and recommended it to one of...

Very hectic week last week, and another one starting today! I probably won't be online much this week. On the plus side, my oldest so...

Wow, I can't believe it's July already - June went by in a flash, though it was an odd month here. School ended, but my youngest son...

I recently read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh for my neighborhood book group, and it was one of those books that I never...