2018 Reading List
Ta-Da! Only the 2nd of the year, and I’ve published my 2018 Reading List! Not only is that a record for promptness, but I think this is my longest list yet — and includes the…
View PostTa-Da! Only the 2nd of the year, and I’ve published my 2018 Reading List! Not only is that a record for promptness, but I think this is my longest list yet — and includes the…
View PostJust popping in quickly to say that Christmas was lovely but very busy — Christmas Eve with over 40 of my nearest and dearest (my siblings, their partners, the next generation and the one after…
View PostWhen I was growing up, my family always opened our gifts on Christmas Eve, after dinner and bathtime and admonition to stay upstairs until Santa Claus had made his early stop and was jingling a…
View PostChristmas shopping is all done — and almost all of it done in independent bookstores, wonderful places to hang out, even in these busy days. . . Today I’m going to wrap gifts and put…
View PostAnyone for oyster chowder? I’ve been trying to finish my post about my Edinburgh trip, but it wants to take its time, and what with Christmas preparations and a festive event or two (an elementary…
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