In honor of Gifts of the Garden Month, each week in May I will be highlighting the gifts of books and gardens. My two favorite worlds collide! Join me each Thursday to celebrate the wonders of pages and flowers. I grew up watching Practical Magic. I wanted to be Sally, to dress like her in … Continue reading Garden Spells: How the Garden Stirs the Soul
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She Wrote: The Queen of Mystery
Welcome back, dear reader, to my newest series! SHE WROTE is a series about women writers that have influenced me with their lives and works. Each week, I'll profile a female author and share my personal experience with them, my favorite of their works, some links for further reading about them, and a checklist so … Continue reading She Wrote: The Queen of Mystery
A Case of the TBRs: Get to Know Me Series
Welcome back to another episode of Get to Know Me, a series no one asked for but I provide with selfish glee each Tuesday. Come on in, dear reader, and let's talk books. Q: What book are you planning to read next? A: Once I finish the three books I am currently in the middle … Continue reading A Case of the TBRs: Get to Know Me Series
How to Read Faster: Reading Skill #1
Being a reader is hard, dear reader. I think it's probably always been hard, but it seems increasingly fraught now that we have Bookstagram to compare and compete, not to mention Goodreads and their challenges! Don't get me wrong, I love Bookstagram. I use Goodreads like the app is functioning. I set myself a challenge … Continue reading How to Read Faster: Reading Skill #1
Gardener’s Magic: Five Practical (Magic) Tips for Bookish Gardeners
In honor of Gifts of the Garden Month, each week in May I will be highlighting the gifts of books and gardens. My two favorite worlds collide! Join me each Thursday to celebrate the wonders of pages and flowers. Books make me grateful for far off worlds. Gardens make me grateful for the one I … Continue reading Gardener’s Magic: Five Practical (Magic) Tips for Bookish Gardeners
Quarantine Reading Challenge
Do feel wildly unproductive during quarantine? Are you beating yourself up for not having read twenty nine books already while you've been social distancing? Do you find yourself feeling guilty for "wasting" the whole day on puzzles or Netflix or video games? Do you, dear reader, like the illusion of productivity? Well, do I have … Continue reading Quarantine Reading Challenge
She Wrote: Mary Shelley
Welcome, dear reader, to my newest series! SHE WROTE is a series about women writers that have influenced me with their lives and works. Each week, I'll profile a female author and share my personal experience with them, my favorite of their works, some links for further reading about them, and a checklist so you … Continue reading She Wrote: Mary Shelley
May TBR
Hello, dear reader! Is it sunshiny and warm where you are? I hope so. It's a beautiful morning here in the American South, and after a little time in the garden, piddling and taking photos, and a big delicious breakfast, I'm ready to take on the day. Another month is upon us, and it's time … Continue reading May TBR
Get to Know Me: A New Series
Hello, my dear reader! I hope you're doing well, and that the birds are singing in your neck of the woods. They sure are in mine! As this space has shifted in response to the times (quarantine is changing the game for me), I want to begin a new series where you, my dear reader, … Continue reading Get to Know Me: A New Series
Quarantine Top Ten (Part Two!)
Dear reader, some of us have been in social isolation for over fifty days. Can you believe that? What a huge and bizarre number! I hope you've been finding ways to cope with all of this, whether that's reading or doing something else. Last week I shared with you five ways I've been dealing with … Continue reading Quarantine Top Ten (Part Two!)
