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Review: Love’s Fortress
Love's Fortress is a "split time" novel with one story line in the present tying in with a relevant story line in the past, in this case 1875. Both stories take place in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Natural Dam and Other Adventures
Now that spring is creeping in we are beginning to get out and explore the area a little more.
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Review: The Sugarcreek Surprise
Today I’m reviewing The Sugarcreek Surprise, an Amish romance novel by Wanda E. Brunstetter. It is Volume 2 in the Creektown Discoveries series. Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy from the publisher as part of JustRead publicity tours. This post includes Amazon affiliate links. My Review The Sugarcreek Surprise is a sweet story about a 25-year-old schoolteacher who lives with her grandparents. I…
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Homestead Update
It's still mostly winter here on the homestead... at least for the moment. However, spring is gradually creeping in...There is still much we can't do until spring arrives for sure-and-certain, but we are making a little progress on our homestead goals...
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Friday Freebies
Good morning! Just a few titles to add to my to-be-read files this week. Kind of an eclectic assortment, but that's okay. That's the kind of reader I am.
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My Big Wimmelbook: Fire Trucks!
What I particularly like about the Fire Trucks! book is that each page offers opportunity to think about and discuss safety and emergency scenarios in a very kid-friendly way.
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Review: Mrs. Witherspoon Goes to War
Today I’m reviewing Mrs. Witherspoon Goes to War, a Christian World War II novel by Mary Davis.
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What I Read in January
Due to unexpected health issues, travel, and holiday busy-ness I didn’t get my reading reports for October, November, or December posted. I’m not going to go back and do that now, but for a year-end report: my GoodReads totals for 2021 are 255 books and 54,150 pages. That’s down from 282 books in 2020. Let’s see what kind of track…
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Homestead Goals
Our adventure this past fall has been settling into our new home in Arkansas. Now that we live out in the country I have some homesteading/self-sufficiency goals that I want to try. Lyle is not so enthusiastic but, as usual, he’s willing to offer his support however he can. Some of these activities aren’t new for us. It only made…
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Christmas 1971
We'll be celebrating Christmas in Arkansas this year, in the house my grandparents were in the process of building 50 years ago. Christmas that year was one of best ones I remember. I was 6 years old.
