Late August into October make me want to read books that take place in schools. Even though my own school days are years in the past, that whole freshly-sharpened pencil feeling still gets to me. Some of my favorite school days books are as follows. I think they are all middle grade/young adult. The Betsy-Tacy series. The ones that really feel school day-ish are the high school ones, which are based heavily on the real life experiences of ... Read the Post...
Delightful books for the beginning of the school year
Those late summer days
I find that most years when summer begins to wind down and the days are growing noticeably shorter, that I tend to cling tighter. There are a few years where I'm ready to embrace fall in August, but most of the time it's the actual first day of fall in late September when I grudgingly let go. I do love fall, but I adore summer. I've always had that feeling of "but I meant to do..." in late summer. The advent of the "bucket list" both ... Read the Post...
Growing flowers
I LOVE flowers. It makes me so happy to have them around me year round. In the winter, I buy bunches of flowers until around January, when I start buying potted bulbs to let bloom indoors. I then take those and plant them outside for blooms in subsequent springs. When we lived in New York, I had flowers growing from February to November, sometimes even early December. This was OUTSIDE, which is somewhat surprising for so far north. But I had ... Read the Post...
Highlighting in Kindle books
I almost never highlight or underline anything in paper books, but Kindle books are a whole different story. I LOVE to highlight. What I find interesting is what I choose to highlight. When reading non-fiction, I probably do what most people do and grab the main points or memorable quotes for application to my own circumstances.But with fiction, I love to highlight lovely phrases or apt descriptions or something funny. As I've mentioned ... Read the Post...
