We finally gave in and subscribed to CBS All Access last month, using an Amazon gift card (you can sign up through Amazon). My son and I h...

In desperate need of a night out, my husband and I met up with good friends on Saturday for dinner and to go see The Call of the Wild , th...

Busy, busy, busy last week! Medical appointments, errands, and even a massive stock-up shopping trip on the weekend (No, not because of th...

Bare branches and blue skies in February Another good reading month for me, with lots of variety! Here's what I finished reading in ...

I had never read any of Ian McEwan's novels (though I did see the movie adaptation of Atonement ), so when perusing my overflowing to-...

The award-winning YA novel Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess was published in 2017, and I heard nothing but rave reviews of it....

I haven't had much time lately for TV and movie reviews, so I have some catching up to do, starting with a new legal drama we began wa...

I thought March was supposed to "come in like a lion"?? It's 62 and sunny here today, and we have the windows open! While I ...

I just finished listening to State of Wonder by Ann Patchett on audio. Somehow, I missed it when it was published in 2011 and recently f...

A Mardi Gras float heads down Canal Street - Mardi Gras 1988 Today is Mardi Gras day - we used to live in New Orleans, so this is a ma...