I have eency weency spiders on my mind because Portland has been invaded by them.  You can't walk between two trees, bushes, gate...

SEE BELOW FOR DOUBLE GIVEAWAY DETAILS LAST WEEK'S GIVEAWAY WINNERS: Cynthia at Things You Read in Books and Juli at A Universe i...

The ocean lurked below him. He floored it, his tires screeching as the Impala fishtailed it dangerously close to the cliff. -- Drive ...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday this holiday weekend! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long ti...

This is what is making me glum: The inside of our kitchen is all but done (still waiting on the decorative tile backsplash), but the ou...

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Scout's Honor , the original book about the problem of sex abuse in Boy Scouts, is available now on Kindle for only $1.99. The book...

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We are still waiting on brick to finish the outside of the new kitchen.  Apparently matching 100-year-old brick takes some doing. Ours is no...

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Vladamir Nabokov was a Russian-born novelist, born in 1899, who published his first books in Russian before emigrating to America in 194...

This is only me second time participating in the very popular blog event, Top Ten Tuesday .  I like it because it makes me think about t...

Brightly colored rugs cover the oak floors, and wooden bookshelves span the walls. In every available space and cranny I find interestin...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday this holiday weekend! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long ti...

We are down to the little, final details in the kitchen. This week, the pot rack went up, which makes my husband particularly pleased becaus...

The Stories of John Cheever , which won the National Book Critics Circle award in 1978 and the Pulitzer in 1979, is a chronological coll...

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  Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore When Thomas Moore talks about car...

The Ivory Tower has never tempted me. I have no interest in being a college professor. I wasn't even particularly fond of being a co...

This is my first time participating in the very popular blog event, Top Ten Tuesday . Not sure I can keep up with weekly participation, ...

But my low opinion of the Food Network actually went back a little further in time. Back to when they were a relatively tiny, sat-sack st...