• Pets. Love them. Hate the expense.

    Today was an interesting day.  It actually started yesterday evening when our dog, Charlie, started getting sick.  He threw up three times and then made multiple urgent trips outside overnight.  He didn’t want dinner at all, barely even gave it a sniff. This morning he didn’t want breakfast and was so lethargic.  He only wanted…

  • September start

    What I’m reading right now:  Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space By Adam Higginbotham I was one of those Gen X kids you read about on Facebook that was sitting in their classroom on January 28, 1986 in front of a tv on a cart the teacher had…

  • TL;DR: Book Journals are it.

    Book Journals!  I forgot to mention Book Journals.  When I talked about “all things books” I didn’t mention one of my favorite things.  I started keeping a book journal three years ago.  After 2020 and the pandemic I discovered TikTok, which my daughter had been on since it was Musical.ly but I had never tried. …

  • Hello World.

    Yes, I really did keep the generic WordPress opening title. On purpose. So here’s the thing:  I haven’t written a blog post in a long time.  Years even.  So go easy on me since this is my first one in a while.  FIRST What is this blog about?  Well…it’s about books.  And home.  And a…

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