Today is our 24th wedding anniversary! We had another busy week but a nice weekend, and I'm looking forward to our dinner out togethe...

Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads . I love watching the changing seasons. Here in the mid-Atlantic region, the weath...

To celebrate Banned Books Week, I chose to read Maya Angelou’s famous memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . I can’t believe I never rea...

In honor of Banned Books Week, here is the American Library Association's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books from the last decade (f...

Banned Books Week is this week, September 22 - 28, 2013, so join in the fun! The American Library Association explains this annua...

--> Rough start on a Monday. I came downstairs this morning to start my day, and the power went out! Beautiful clear day with sunny ...

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!...

Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads . I noticed a few glimpses of fall last week while I was walking in my neighborhood,...

I read The Fever Tree , Jennifer McVeigh’s first novel, last week for my neighborhood book group. Most of our members enjoyed this histori...

We had a busy week and a fun weekend. My dad and his wife came to visit this weekend, and we enjoyed watching my son's soccer game Fr...

August was a good reading month, with plenty of relaxing vacation time, but I didn't read a lot of books. That's because I was...

At the start of September, I decided to jump-start my fall writing season (kids back in school!) by joining two writing challenges . I'm...

Ahhh....Monday, and all is quiet here at home. I enjoyed my first week alone last week, with the kids back at school and tried hard to ke...

Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads . As promised, today I will post part 2 of our recent vacation photos - a few of my ...

For the last several years, I have wanted to read more of the classics that I somehow missed in school or since, and that goal fit in perf...

I am running a few days behind, as always, but Labor Day is past, so it's time to wrap-up my 2013 Big Book Summer Challenge . You ca...

Happy September! Fall is my favorite season, so I am happy that September is here. We had another very busy week, capped off by a frantic...

My Big Book Summer Challenge gave me the push I needed to finally read Defending Jacob by William Landay. I’d heard all the rave reviews...

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...

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