My journal of big words and pretty pictures
I have a lifelong obsession with books… mayhap I should more accurately say addiction. In my house, between my husband, children and myself, we have close to 1000 books. That’s correct, four figures. Enough to open our own small bookshop. Add to that another 360+ ebooks… well, you can see the problem. I just turned [...]
Last week’s storm was pretty much a non-starter. We got some cloud cover, a spitting of rain but no wind to speak of. Inland states were affected more by Tropical Storm Nestor than the Florida Panhandle. There was no run on a stark grocery stores. My neighbors weren’t in a panic trying to stock up [...]
I have this superpower…not sure if it’s a good power or evil. I guess it depends on where you live. Thing is if there is something important weather-wise that COULD happen, if I say anything about it, it doesn’t happen. I’ve done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time. Case [...]
This week I see my orthopedic surgeon for my one-year follow-up on this new, bionic knee of mine. It doesn’t seem like it’s already been a year. Those first few weeks and months had me questioning my sanity and the decision to have the surgery. But, around month six or seven, everything seemed to click [...]
After weeks of back breaking work, I have finally reclaimed my back yard from the prickly vines, pine needles, over-grown grass and the accumulation of years of dead leaves. (I have a fairly large yard so it’s not like I walk out my back door a few feet and that’s it. It stretches back 60 [...]
We are smack in the middle of Banned Books Week (Sept. 22-28) and I celebrate every year. Based on archival lists, I have read a few several a lot banned books. You might be surprised to find out how many books you’ve read that were at one time or another banned or restricted at schools, libraries and [...]
