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  I noticed she made no mention of where Luke, the handyman she hired in early March, slept.… If Priscilla found comfort with the bowle...

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In anticipation of the arrival of cupboards later this week, we got some color in the kitchen.  The walls were painted the same green as...

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 s...

It was an incredible blizzard. It was one of those peculiar gales when the mountain sang above the croft as if the trolls that inhabite...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

The new kitchen has a floor now. Windows, walls, floors -- it's starting to look like a room. We opted for hardwood as being more fo...

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 s...

The menus for the week were posted every Monday. Lots of people, the clientele still being largely local, just strolled by, took a look...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

Drywall is boring. Glad as I am to see walls in the new kitchen, there is nothing exciting about drywall. And drywall was the only thing tha...

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 s...

Rose City Reader is FIVE years old today. Wow! That's an eternity in blog years. 

  Next time you wonder whether to use one comma or two to set off a word or phrase in the middle of a sentence, imagine reaching in and l...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

The kitchen looks like it did last week, but with wall insulation and little metal boxes where light switches and outlets will go. Meanwhi...

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 s...

Sage lay with his cheek against the rough planks, his mind rebelling against the grim reality of his situation. The fading ribbons of lig...

Let there be light! The new windows are in the kitchen. We can already tell it will be a lot brighter than the old, dark kitchen with i...

Julian Barnes explores memory, loss, and lives built around the empty spaces in his Booker-winning novel, The Sense of an Ending . Ostens...