Reading Mysteries

Just a quick note: Back in the swing of term now, overwhelmed by reading I have to do, I can scarcely believe the phenomenon I experienced again over the holidays. I’m sure some of you…

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all nola, all the time ’round here

I’ve been struggling again with the point, or value, of this blog, especially since I have other areas of my life that could use this time — the writing, especially, could be directed towards some…

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Elizabeth George’s Careless in Red

Too bad — I’m falling behind, then playing catch-up, not able to give books the attention they deserve. Still, I’m not making any big claims with this blog, simply trying to keep a record of…

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Happy Birthday, Rhiannon

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, sensitive, funny, ambitious, hard-on-herself, contagiously fun but also occasionally fierce, thoughtful, engaged and engaging daughter (no, I didn’t come close to capturing her, but that’s a quick sketch). This is…

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Christmas Knits

Our Christmas giving has become much more streamlined over the past few years, but I still fuss quite a bit over what to get our kids. While I want my gift to be appreciated and…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.