I hugely enjoyed  " The Wedding People " by Alison Espach the first time I read it, back in February 2025 , and I immediately pegg...

My D.E. Stevenson fan group read " Still Glides the Stream "  together not that long ago, in the summer of 2021 (previous reviews...

I've been collecting "odds & ends" of links for at least a month now... I know I've missed out on recording a LOT of g...

I'm back! (did you notice I was gone??)   I am dead tired, and I am sure I am forgetting some things, but I wanted to break my silence (...

I was 15 years old during in the summer of 1976. I'm Canadian, but my mother was American, and I spent a lot of time in Minnesota with m...

I haven't been able to stop thinking about or recommending the book " Say Nothing " by Patrick Radden Keefe since I read it, a...

I'd had a couple of childless friends recommend " Flying Solo " by Linda Holmes  to me as a good CNBC-friendly read.  But I co...

Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught of prom, graduation and last day of school photos on social media this week??  (In ...

World Childless Week (WCW) has announced the daily topics for WCW 2026  (Sept. 14th to 20th).  Learn more about WCW 2026 and how you can get...

Right after I told my mother over the phone, that day in March 1998, that I was pregnant,  she started shopping. It wasn't long afterwar...

My parents were married for more than 65 years, and lived in the house that just sold (and is closing at the end of this month) for 42 years...

I'm generally not a nervous flyer... but I do tend to tense up a bit during takeoff and landings.  (Once I'm in the air, or on the g...

I recently finished reading " Regeneration " by Pat Barker, part of another "slow readalong" with Simon Haisell at Footn...