This is just a little refresher on the 2018 European Reading Challenge, in preparation for posting the 2019 challenge page. As a reminde...

Writer Amy Maroney recently turned her hand to historical fiction, launching a series centered around a 16th-century female artist. The...

I love Christmas and Christmas traditions! This is the 11th year I've posted an advent calendar of vintage Christmas cards here on R...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING Stories of kindness are every...

But let's consider the more hidden forms of sexism, which I believe are more prevalent in their influence in our workplaces and in ou...

I picked up three books of essays last week. What books came into your house? The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extr...

Stevan Allred is one of the most imaginative writers around. His new novel, The Alehouse at the End of the World , follows the hero on a...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING On October 30, 2007, I was v...

Many of the families I’ve worked with wanted to give to charity, but also wanted to be able to take care of loved ones. You’ll be happy t...

What books came into your house last week? I got three nonfiction books, which seems appropriate for Nonfiction November. A Year of Livi...

Journalist John Dodge is a veteran of natural disaster reporting, writing about the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens and the 1989 Bay Are...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING I grew up on Main Street, co...

Days before she turned 33, Sarah Cannon 's husband suffered a traumatic brain injury at work that changed everything about her marria...

Contrary to his usual practice, the crow sat on his perch in his man form, his legs dangling, his skin oiled, his chest broad with pride....

November 11 is my wedding anniversary as well as Veterans' Day. We try to celebrate with the "traditional" gifts, but after th...

Since today is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the day that ended World War I, a vintage "Remembrance Day" postcard ins...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING The fisherman lived alone at ...

Darvella wore tattered blue jean cutoffs and a yellow calico halter top that was threadbare and thin, looking as if it came straight fro...

One absolutely fascinating book came into my house last week. How about you? Raw Material: Working Wool in the West by Stephany Wilkes ...

Javelin Hardy is a poet, counselor, and social worker. She drew on her training and background to tell her own story of recovery from ab...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING It wasn’t that I didn’t reco...

“Oh my God, the barn blew over,” he told his wife. “The power is out and the wind was so loud.” -- A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus D...