Today is National Notebook Day and I am absolutely here for it! I think my love of notebooks/journals began when I was a kid. I’ve always been a list maker—of things to do, places to go, and books to read. … Continue reading
Were you as surprised as I was when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary last month? Where has the time gone?!? It just doesn’t seem that long ago that Prince William and Kate Middleton were … Continue reading
Sometimes you never know how much you enjoy doing something until you can’t do it anymore. Like a lot of people, I’ve been hunkered down in my home for the last year, only leaving for the essentials. For most of … Continue reading
Fiction writers are clever people. They just are. I’m frequently impressed by their ingenuity. There’s nothing I like better than to begin reading a novel—smugly thinking that I’ve already figured out the ending—only to discover the author has crafted a … Continue reading
I can’t remember when exactly I first became enchanted by all things English, but my obsession had to have started when I was pretty young. By the time I reached my early teens, I was a bigger fan of the … Continue reading
Recognize any of these book titles? Each of these books was banned or under consideration to be banned in the United States of America. If you love to read, you already know about the transformative power of books. You also … Continue reading
In Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet spent a few nights at Netherfield Park so she could nurse her ill sister, Jane. The first evening, after Jane had finally fallen asleep, Elizabeth ventured downstairs to join Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, his … Continue reading
Yesterday I went to the dentist, which was pretty exciting when you consider it’s the only planned outing I’ve had during the entire month of August. With the exception of a couple of visits with my son and grand-dog, weekly … Continue reading
This month marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S. I decided to begin my own celebration of the occasion by reading a book set during the early 1900s when women were advocating/fighting for … Continue reading
I saw my first adaptation of Pride and Prejudice on television in the 1960s, one afternoon at home with my sisters while my parents were at work. It was the 1940 black-and-white movie starring Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier. Because … Continue reading
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