Footnotes & Tangents ' final "slow readalong" of the year is " The Blue Flower " by Penelope Fitzgerald.  We sta...

I'm kind of behind on my Christmas prep -- two weeks of being flattened by a nasty cold/flu/whatever that was will do that...!  But I...

Right now...*  * (A  (mostly) monthly series/meme .  Explanation of how this started & my inspirations in my first "Right now"...

It's always fun to read a Christmas/holiday-themed book during the holiday season... something not too taxing at a busy and sometimes st...

Not ALI/CNBC related, but y'all know I am a huge fan of L.M. Montgomery -- and Modern Mrs. Darcy recently pointed her readers to a Sub...

I guess it's a good thing I had fun at  Little Great Nephew #1's birthday party  (a week ago Saturday).  Because I have been SICK, a...

If you had told me, 27 years ago this month (and still reeling from heartbreak of pregnancy loss), that 27 years later I would find myself i...