Book #39 of 2026 was  The War I Finally Won , by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. This is the sequel to  The War that Saved My Life , which I read...

  This month's Spiritual Journey Thursday host,  Chris Margocs , has asked us to reflect on beginnings and endings. She commented that t...

National Poetry Month has been passing me by this year. I did participate in the Progressive Poem, but other than that I have barely read an...

    Twenty years ago today, I pressed Publish on my first post on this blog. Practically everything was different about my life back then. I...

Book #26  of 2026 was  The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million , by Daniel Mendelsohn. This brilliant book is by the author of  An Odyssey...

April 1 Tabatha Yeatts at  The Opposite of Indifference April 2 Cathy Stenquist at  A Little Bit of This and That April 3 Patricia Franz at ...

  Welcome to our April SJT. Because it's taking place on Maundy Thursday, the day of Holy Week when Jesus washed His disciples' feet...

Happy National Poetry Month! The 2026 Progressive Poem has begun. You can follow along at these links as the month goes on.   April 1 Tabath...