There is nothing more beautiful than an autumn day. I have recorded years of days just like this one. They center around family, beautiful weather, good food, things from the garden and animals. Grandpa let the carrots go. And they did. The longer he leaves them in the ground the …
Literature and Illustration for Children and Adolescents Elsewhere on this blog is a post about my Children’s Book Collection. This post will select several books from that collection which are my favorites. I often read adolescent literature in between more difficult-to-read-and-remember books. Since I don’t have children at home any …
My experiences and observations of COVID 19 in my community, my personal life and the world in 2020. Having read several books about previous historic Pandemics, I felt that it was important that I record my thoughts and experiences for future review but primarily as a component of journal keeping …
Introduction to Part Four. Here is list number four. As time passes, I will add comments to many of the books. Tom has been the one who has prodded me to make these lists so that I will remember the important things I have learned from my lifetime of reading. …
Here is Part Three of Five Parts. These five lists constitute my Book List. They are the results of my effort to remember what I have read, what I have liked and what I have not enjoyed reading and why. I frequently read fiction as a diversion from the difficulty …
Introduction to Part Two Part Two Contains some titles without commentary. I will add the commentary as I find the time. This is Part Two of Five lists of books I have read and want to remember for many reasons. Among those about which I have commented are many …
I couldn’t resist including the most often uttered phrase during the week of the Family Gathering. The younger the child, the more likely he or she was to repeat it. I CAN’T FIND MY SHOES. Even though I put a laundry basket by the back door, flip-flops ended up in …
Grandpa said he had only one request. He wanted an unplanned talent show. So, the parents herded their offspring into our little parlor where the piano lives and, starting with Tucker, each child made a contribution. Clara plays the piano, sings with a beautiful voice and today tunes a …
No. I didn’t make a mistake in naming this post. All we could say to each other as adults, as we rolled our eyes, was GOOD GRIEF. We took a chance buying the guns and it paid off. Laser Tag guns without all of the extra pieces such as vests …
We usually rent a bounce house/slide. This year we decided against it simply because we didn’t feel comfortable with our ability to disinfect it in light of the COVID spread. Nevertheless, the kids made it clear that it wasn’t our summer gathering without a shaving cream fight. Lindsay was in …
