After I made a TikTok explaining why libraries pay significantly more for e-books than consumers do, someone asked a thoughtful follow-up question: “If libraries have to keep renewing e-book licenses, doesn’t that mean authors make…

Joining with Kat and friends for a super quick update on this week’s knitting and reading. The feather and fan sock has grown but I’m still on the leg of the first one and really,…

Summer reading, in my book (see what I did there?), is anything I’m reading between Memorial Day and Labor Day. And it could be any genre or subject or length. But then there’s vacation reading…

And just like that, I’m picking zinnias. I planted two varieties this year, Cut and Come Again and Thumbelina. They are both starting to produce flowers right now but these sweet little Thumbelinas are just…

Let’s take a look at some photos from the past week. It’s a slide show, so please click through to see each one. Chalk Art by Dale at the local ice cream shopAlways snuggled togetherKenora…

Joining with Kat and friends today to talk about what I’m knitting and reading. Still working on the Feather & Fan socks. The astute among you may notice that the sock leg is shorter than…

I would not be the reader that I am today were it not for my mother. She read picture books to me when I was a child. She supported the efforts of my kindergarten teachers,…

Today I have a pot of coleus to share with you, three varieties in total. I love how full it is getting and the variations on the leaves, in both color and shape, are quite…

Let’s catch up on what’s going on with a round up of photos. It’s a slide show, so please click through to see each pic. Hydrangeas at Town HallHomemade blueberry pieWatching the Plymouth 4th of…

Joining with Kat and friends today because I actually have knitting to show. And, no, it’s not the Waffle Pullover. It’s . . . Socks! Feather and Fan socks from back.in.the.day. The yarn is from…

It’s the first Monday of the month and that means something special in The Read With Us Lounge. It means that Bonny, Kym, and I are all addressing the same topic. And today it’s challenging…

I read 9 books in the month of June. Here’s what I thought of each of them. Land by Maggie O’FarrellMy rating: 5 of 5 starsMaggie O’Farrell’s Land is a beautifully written, deeply immersive novel…