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Teaser Tuesday & GIVEAWAY: Vacationland by Sarah Stonich 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
Meg walks the path from the lodge, hoping Polly might have leftover poundcake In her cabin for tea, maybe some of the oranges. The path twines along the shore through a copse of birch, down to the inl...
Mailbox Monday 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday this holiday weekend! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event (details here). Kathy a...
Kitchen Remodel, Week Twenty-Six: Hard at Work 26 Aug 2013 | 08:26 am
We are down to the last bits of kitchen remodeling. The brick we've waited for for months finally got here. Most impressively, the guys who came to put the concrete cap on top of the bricks arrived a...
GIVEAWAY WINNER & Book Beginning: What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener i...
What Are They Reading? Letting Go by Philip Roth 22 Aug 2013 | 04:06 am
Authors tend to be readers, so it is natural for them to create characters who like to read. It is always interesting to me to read what books the characters are reading in the books I read. Even if ...
Teaser Tuesday & GIVEAWAY Reminder: Cleans Up Nicely by Linda Dahl 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
By Wednesday, all she can think about is the paycheck on Friday night. She gives up being "good," bringing a bottle of rum and a can of Coke in a bag along with her sandwiches. -- Cleans Up Nicely by...
Mailbox Monday 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday this holiday weekend! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event (details here). Kathy a...
Kitchen Remodel, Week Twenty-Five: Eency Weency Water Spout 19 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
I have eency weency spiders on my mind because Portland has been invaded by them. You can't walk between two trees, bushes, gateposts, or any other pair of things closer than eight feet apart without...
Book Beginning & DOUBLE GIVEAWAY: Cleans Up Nicely by Linda Dahl 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
SEE BELOW FOR DOUBLE GIVEAWAY DETAILS LAST WEEK'S GIVEAWAY WINNERS: Cynthia at Things You Read in Books and Juli at A Universe in Words are the lucky winners of Drive by Raymond Ahrens. Read more ab...
Teaser Tuesday & GIVEAWAY Reminder: Drive by Raymond Ahrens 13 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
The ocean lurked below him. He floored it, his tires screeching as the Impala fishtailed it dangerously close to the cliff. -- Drive by Raymond Ahrens. THE BOOK: "Willy Easelman, 86, born in Brookly...
