Book #13 of 2025 was Once a Queen , by Sarah Arthur. I heard someone on a podcast saying that this book was inspired by Queen Susan from th...

Book #5 of 2025 was Tell Me Everything , by Elizabeth Strout. I've mostly found that the books by Strout that I've read in the past...

I'm in a new writing group. I can hardly say it out loud. The last time I was in a writing group was when I was still in Haiti. By the t...

Book #2 of 2025 was April's Grave , by Susan Howatch. This is a novel I'd never heard of before, and I thought I had read all of Su...

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Although it was a long time ago now, I still remember the details of tha...

Before 2023 I didn't know that the American Birding Association had a Bird of the Year, but they do! In 2023 it was the Belted Kingfishe...

Last February I posted about the fifteen heron species I had seen. (I've also seen five kinds of egrets, which are technically also her...

Happy New Year! Today is the first SJT (Spiritual Journey Thursday) of the year. Our host today is Margaret (thanks for hosting, Margaret!)...

Book #73 of the year was The Cliffs , by J. Courtney Sullivan. I really enjoyed this book about family history, inheritance, houses, alcohol...

This month's SJT theme, from our host Kim , is Wintering. I read Katherine May's book by that title last year. In the book, winter i...

Welcome to Poetry Friday! I'm happy to be hosting you from Kampala, Uganda. Today I am using the November SJT (Spiritual Journey Thursd...

Book #61 of the year was Amor Towles' short story collection Table for Two . I like his novels better, but there were some enjoyable st...

Here are links to all the Birdtober poems I wrote in October. It was fun! I hope to do it again next year!   Day 1: Plush-crested Jay Day 2:...

Day 31. I could write about a Burrowing Owl, which I've seen and loved, but I decided instead to write about the owl in my own yard here...

I love green birds. There's something so tropical about them. I haven't seen this species in a while, but I really enjoy them.  In t...

 Photo Source: eBird.com Roseate Spoonbill Bird of cotton candy pink. bending down to get a drink, using your bill like tongs in salad and s...

I had really hoped to see a Mosque Swallow during our recent trip to Lake Mburo because it was one of the likely birds listed. Unfortunately...

Today's calendar says "Artist's Choice," meaning that I have to choose what bird to write about. There are so many I could...

I'll never forget the day I first saw a Red-tailed Hawk. In Haiti they call them Malfini, though a bit of Googling suggests that the Mal...