For us, a week away from home was spent between the north Georgia mountains where we slept snug in our sleeping bags and along the Atlantic Ocean coastline of southern South Carolina where we slept on top of our sleeping bags under a sheet. The music of the Bluegrass festival was great; the [...]
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A Week Away
Posted in books, camping, travel on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Read On
Posted in books, home, life on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Occasionally I have spells where I want to curl up on the sofa with a huge cup of endless tea, a box of chocolate bonbons, and read, read, read. Forget the laundry, the housework, ignore the dust, pick up only the large pieces of dirt on the carpet, order in delivery food and forget [...]
Good for the Soul
Posted in books, home, life, teaching on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It started with the book shelves in the study, moved on to the book shelves in the back hallway, into the back bedroom and returned to the study in the file cabinets. It was a purge. Thin ‘em out, toss ‘em out, clean ‘em out!
We whittled down the whole shelf of Holy Bibles [...]
Readin’, Writin’ — No ‘Rithmatic
Posted in books, life, poetry, teaching, writing on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If I blogged as often as I think about blogging, I’d do little else. I started this blog because, most of my life, I’ve chided myself for not keeping a journal. I always felt somewhat deficient. I was an English major, for heavens sake. English majors are supposed to read and [...]
Coughs and Books
Posted in books, life, pets on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day four of the cold. Here’s the report. Fever is lower, cough is not as painful. I’m sleeping okay. Taking my Tylenol and only a minimum of cough syrup, resting and drinking lots of juice and fluids — all the things you’re supposed to do. When I was still working [...]
The World of DVDs and Books
Posted in books, life, poetry on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m a movie buff. I’ve loved them since I was a kid. It was such a treat to go spend an afternoon or evening in a darkened theatre with the imagination fueled by giant images and the tummy fueled by popcorn and soda pop. It was a delight then and it still is.
Since [...]
Raggedy Ann and her Missing Pantaloons
Posted in books, home on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At Christmas we got grandchildren Austin and Abby, Jim and Marcy’s two children, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls. I also ordered several of the storybooks that are the original inspiration for the modern dolls. However, the books arrived after Christmas.
I’ve had trouble sleeping lately, which I do occasionally, so in the middle [...]
Happy New Year
Posted in books, home on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is 2008. We kept our usual routine last night. No loud nightclubbing for us. Bruce cooked t-bones on the grill. I fixed salad and baked potatoes. It’s one of my favorite meals. We watched Kingdom of Heaven, which we’ve seen before and it’s one of Bruce’s favorites. [...]
Christmas is over . . . almost
Posted in Family, books, religion on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We celebrated Christmas yesterday and the day before with the Slusher branch of our family. We ate a big dinner and talked and had Darlene’s delicious fudge. Jonathan and Emily got several cute toys. However, Missy Em played with a cloth mouse that actually is a cat toy. She turned it [...]
Christmas Shopping
Posted in books, life, religion on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We finished our shopping today, keeping it simple. We had a ball in Barnes and Noble. What neat stuff they have for kids! Grandparents should give books. Wish they had things like that when I was a kid. I remember getting some Nancy Drews and the full set of Anne [...]
