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Golden Moments #3
I was going to write a post about books for your horse-mad child. The stack of books has been sitting on the floor next to the couch for a week now. It will probably still be there next week. And there we have the perils of January. Good intentions go by the wayside, blog posts never get written, and I continue to attempt to sink the January blues in countless books and too much chocolate. There are worse ways to go. However, this is not a post in which to moan about winter but instead, one that requires concentrating on the bright spots and there have been a few scattered…
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Vacation Plans
I might possibly have mentioned before that I love London. Does that sound familiar? Do you have a vague memory of me rhapsodizing about England and bookstores and gardens? I thought you might. Well. We are going to do it all over again. We are going to England again in April and this time we are taking the kids with us. I know. Just think of all the posts I am going to get out of this trip. Prepare to be inundated with London photos. It is going to be a very different trip since we will have the kids with us. London has always been our place. We spend…
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Thoughts About Two Books–Mrs. Miniver And Chatterton Square
I read two books I loved recently. One was a reread. It is Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther. My local library has a bad habit of getting rid of older books so periodically I check out ones I particularly like in the hopes of preventing their culling. The last time I read Mrs. Miniver was before I started blogging so it was definitely time to check it out again. I was tempted to check out Dickens’ entire oeuvre in order to protect them as well. They looked like they hadn’t moved from the shelves in years. However, I thought the librarians might have some questions if I staggered up to…
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This Is For The Quiet Ones
The ones who listen more than they talk. The ones who are always told that they need to come out of their shell. This is for the ones who enjoy a party but sometimes need to just walk away. For the ones who are tired of being overlooked, who are tired of having people think that being quiet is their whole personality. This is for the ones who have more going on in their heads than most of the world will ever know. This is for the people who are talked over and ignored because someone said it louder. This is for the ones who never quite fit in. This…
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January Goals
It is January. It is raining. The alarm went off at 5:15 this morning. My kids are back in school and my husband is back at work. I am home today since I am always home on Tuesdays. I should be catching up on housework and laundry and grocery shopping. If you saw the state of my house you would agree. Having everyone home for a week is not conducive to tidiness and organization. Instead, I am sitting on the couch watching random Youtube videos, rereading Georgette Heyer mysteries, and writing a last-minute blog post. So yes, 2017 is off to a fantastic start. Though it is possible that the…
