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Stream of Consciousness Saturday, Jumble

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “jumble.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! When you love languages and take 11 or more on Duolingo, there will be a jumble of problems. Sure, vocabulary can be tough, but the worst, for me, is sentence structure. I finally understand the adjective follows the noun in Spanish, Italian, French, and other romantic languages, but, German!…

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Review: My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende My rating: 4 of 5 stars That’s different! Coral Peña and Johnathan McClain, narrators, help make this story feel real. I’m not so sure parts, if not all, are autobiographical for the author, Isabel Allende, even if it seems impossible. One of my favorite parts of reading fiction is taking voyages to places I’ve never been and living the point of view…

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Review: The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton

The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Don’t read this at bedtime! Perhaps a great read for jogging or biking? It is one of those thrillers that keeps the adrenaline pumping. I don’t often read books as exciting as this. However, I thought the combination of authorship and team of narrators (Mozhan Marnò, Jeremy Davidson, Peter Ganim, Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy) would…

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One-Liner Wednesday

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday. Yep, yep, yep. (Thanks Cuz!)

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Review: Goldilocks by L.R. Lam

Goldilocks by L.R. Lam My rating: 4 of 5 stars Patricia Rodriguez (Narrator) told L.R. Lam’s story expertly. It was a fun ride from the very beginning. The reviews and blurbs seem to draw comparisons to other books of extremes. I think this is more of a cautionary tale proving fault can be found anywhere. True, the patriarchal society makes it seem the men were all wrong and the women were…

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Review: Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates

Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a fun read as it took me through my family’s history of computer ownership, from the Commodore 64 through the Tandy Sensation, and so on. My kids will tell me of another pre-computer, gaming thingie, but I always forget what it was called. I remember my first Bulletin Board note to my friend, both of us mothers of future…

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Sunday Funnies

But, seriously. Besides, I love the turtle. Thanks, Cuz!❤️

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Stream of Consciousness Saturday, drink

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “drink.” Use it as a noun or a verb, use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Take a moment. There’s a lot going on. But there are quiet wonders. No politics, no dangers, no stress, or right or wrong, blue or red. Drink in the calm. Drink in the kindness. Drink in the beauty around you. Even at this moment. Neither future nor past exists.…

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Finishing Friday

Didn’t add much to my scrappy socks. I think I did a row or two here. After frogging back several rows. I’m sharing the cakes with the socks to show the way it looks knitted or wound. I love these colors. It may not look like it, but I did spend time on the watermelon socks. I still have an inch or two before the arch ribbing. This sea turtle is coming along. This one has a lot of black. I…

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Review: The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear

The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear My rating: 5 of 5 stars I put off writing this review because it is so hard to say goodbye to such a wonderful series. I lived with Maisie Dobbs through all her trials and good times. I don’t think it would be easy to write another chapter in this life, but it seemed a good finale. Libby had all the books ready on audiobooks, so I listened to Orlagh…

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One-Liner Wednesday

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday. When the guys returned after a couple hours, they knew this greeting!

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Due to weather

I’m trying to stay off electronics. Be careful out there!🤗

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Review: A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear

A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m so sad to say I have finished the series. I read and listened so quickly that I forgot to review the books in between. Each book has a unique story, and each pulls the reader into the life of the story. One feels they are there, immersed in the time and place with all the triumphs and terrors of the time of war. This story…

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Review: My Grape Escape by Laura Bradbury

My Grape Escape by Laura Bradbury My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love this series so much! It is the only series I am reading without text-to-speech or narration. On my old phone, on the Kindle app. Each book is just the right size for me, and by being Kindle, I can adjust the font and background. And when French words appear that I don’t know, I can highlight them, and the app will translate them for…

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Stream of Consciousness Saturday, p_nt

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “pant/pent/pint/pont/punt.” Use one, use ’em all, use ’em any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use more than one. Enjoy! Why is one leg not called a pant when two legs make pants? How is it that a penthouse is huge, but there is no room for pent-up emotions? Why did Pa call Laura Half-pint when she could have been…

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Finishing Friday

My newest sea turtle diamond painting is nearly 1/3 done. I haven’t done but a row or two on my watermelon socks. Still not up to the arch ribbing. See the yellow marker? I was ribbing along while chatting and oopsed. So now I have to tink back a couple rows. Darn! My hands were longing for larger needles. So I started on scrappy socks. See how much faster the larger needles and yarn move…

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Review: The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear

The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hate when my reading gets so far ahead of my reviewing. Luckily, reading the blurb helped refresh my memory of what happened in this book. This book grabbed me right away with the young man witnessing a murder and how it left him confused. Despite the Second World War increasing in intensity, local murders not only didn’t…