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What I Read in June

I did some rereading in June because I went to San Francisco in May, and that always makes me want to read books that are set in San Francisco. Belle-Mere by Kathleen Norris I found this book in a bag of old books in our garage when I was maybe ten years old. I read that copy absolutely to pieces. (Have you noticed that I did that a lot?) It’s hard to imagine why I liked this book so much. It’s…

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What I Read in May

I only read five books this month, at least partly because I traveled for several days visiting my middle son who has returned to San Francisco. I would love to tell you all about that and maybe I will get back to doing travel posts again too, although those are labor-intensive because of the pictures, and the pictures are kind of the point. The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett So I went out with two…

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What I Read in April

On March 31, 2025, my father died. On April 1, 2025, I was the one who found him. Maybe I will write more about that later, maybe not. But one thing is for sure, I was profoundly affected by it. And the month of April was profoundly affected too, with all the busy-ness and business that death entails. So you might think I would not have read at all, but I did, because reading is comforting to me.…

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What I Read in February

Do you know that there is really nothing I would rather do than read? Maybe that’s obvious, I don’t know, but I was imagining what I would do it I were retired, if I could do whatever I wanted, and what I pictured was old me sitting on a front porch of an old house reading books all day long. I would probably get through a book a day if that were true. But for now, busy as I always am, I read six…

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What I Read in January

I did not set a reading goal for 2025, partly because I have successfully achieved the goal behind the goal: I added dedicated daily reading time to my schedule and I don’t see any circumstance that would change that. Be that as it may, January started off with a bang! First up: three ebooks, domestic thrillers that are my favorite Amazon Prime perk. I get at least one for free every month.…

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What I Read in December

I’m more than a little surprised by how few books I read in December. Usually, it’s a big reading month for me, what with getting books for Christmas and that lovely empty week between Christmas and New Year’s. However, my mother-in-law and John’s stepsister were visiting that week, so perhaps I was doing more entertaining than reading. Uncommon Ground Well, here is a conundrum. I don’t know who…

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What I Read in November

I just want to say that I am fairly certain that WordPress does not do the best job of saving my drafts, and between that and my own occasional lapses, I am sure that some books I read never make it into these posts. Oh well. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Remember I told you I was trying to be in a Jane Austen book club at some point? I still haven’t quite read all the books but this one…

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What I Read in October

Some books have a certain feeling to them, don’t they? The first book in this list always has an autumnal feel to me; I am not sure why as it spans every season, but nevertheless I like to read it in the fall. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Anyway, this is one of my favorite books of all time, and it’s another I read until the cover fell off my original copy. I read it…

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What I Read in September

Oh dear, I don’t even want to write this post because it means I will have to talk about . . . Cades Cove: The Curse of Allie Mae by Aiden James We read this for book club, I don’t remember why. It was one of those books that you read because you want to know what happens, even though the book itself is awful. He lost me within the first few pages, first when I could not suspend my disbelief that…

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What I Read in August

I read ten books in August 2024 and this month was quite a mixture. We’ll start with an old friend. A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford I’ve read this very long book several times, starting with my grandmother’s copy when I was a teenager. It’s a long book that had several sequels that failed to stand up to the original. It was fun to reread but I think it will be the last time. The…

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What I Read in July

I can see just with a quick look at this list that the kids and I went to McKay’s, our local used bookstore, in July of 2024. There are certain authors whose books I always gravitate to when we go there. That’s because the place is huge and it gives me anxiety to just wander around looking for things. The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman This was a book club read and was certainly…

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What I Read in May

I read a lot of books in May 2024, but all but one of them were the free books I get from Amazon each month and read on my phone’s Kindle app. I almost always choose thrillers and after this long I am going to have a hard time remembering anything about them. The Angry Tide by Winston Graham Not this one, though, because this is the one hard copy book I read that month, the next in the Poldark…

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12 in 2024: A Year in Pictures

For over ten years now, I have published a photo essay at the beginning of each year, highlighting photos I’ve taken in the prior year. Sometimes i choose the best picture, sometimes I choose the most meaningful, but every picture has a story. This year was harder. There were months when I took very few pictures and others when I took way too many. But I did the best I could and I will explain as…

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2023 in Review: Your Favorites, My Favorites

Another annual tradition, which I sometimes think I ought to retire, is this post in which I highlight my readers’ five favorite posts of the prior year (measured by clicks), followed by my own five favorites.  The reason wonder if I should retire it is that the readers’ favorites are so often the same year after year, and it gets harder and harder for me to find favorites because I don’t write…

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What I Read in April

Apparently in April of 2024 I was on a classics kick that started at the end of the month before. I was reading things that I could get for free on my phone because they were so old. I commenced with three old favorites by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Fun fact: she lived in Knoxville for a time in a house new the river called Vagabondia Castle. I had no earthly idea about that when I was a child…

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What I Read in March

Hello, Dear Readers–if any of you are still here! I’ve taken a weekend away to write, and find my self absolutely astonished to discover that it has been well over a year since I published anything at all.  Yes, this post is about what I read in March of 2024!!! I’m going to do the best I can to catch up on my book posts this weekend.  Thankfully, as you may have surmised, I do keep an ongoing…

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12 in 2023: A Year in Pictures

Welcome to my yearly roundup of my favorite/best/most meaningful photos from the year gone by, something I’ve been doing for over ten years now.  I’ll explain my rationale for choosing each photo as we go. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoyed choosing them! JANUARY Penelope, aka Penny, one of our four cats, looking beautiful on my almost-new sofa, which I love. FEBRUARY Surprise!…