From famine to feast: in recent years, more and more good (even great) books about various aspects of life without children have been publis...

Annoying things:  Pollen dust all over the end table closest to the open balcony door (no wonder we've both been sneezing lately...!).  ...

My  L.M. Montgomery Readathon group  on Facebook is just wrapping up its chapter-by-chapter reading and discussion of  " Anne of the Is...

I am not sure what possessed me to request an advance reader copy (ARC) of " The Whispers " by Ashley Audrain from  NetGalley   wh...

It's the Victoria Day long weekend here. The weather on Saturday was chilly, but yesterday it was gorgeous (23C/73F, no humidity), and B...

I was hoping to get through " Funny Girl " by Nick Hornby before the six-part British TV series based on it, " Funny Woman ,...

What a crazy week it's been...!  I think we've had something to do -- usually involving an alarm clock -- almost every day.   Monday...