Book #61  of the year was  The Silver Chair  and  #62  was  The Magician's Nephew , both from C.S. Lewis' Narnia series and both rel...

Earlier this month there was so much rejoicing in Haiti and among people in the rest of the world who love Haiti. Although our Grenadiers di...

Book #49  of 2026 was  Scythe , by Neal Shusterman. I hadn't even heard of this YA book before, even though it came out in 2016. I have ...

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...

Book #21  of 2026 was  Summer Island , by Kristin Hannah. This was a sad story of family dysfunction but there was some reconciliation in th...

Book #15  of the year was  The Compound , by Aisling Rawle. This is about a reality show in a world that's maybe just a bit more messed ...

We just had an election here in Uganda, and we had two days off for it. Thursday for the voting and Friday for the counting, then the weeken...

Welcome to Poetry Friday! Leave your links in the comments and I will round them up. I have comment moderation enabled so don't panic if...

Happy New Year! This is our first SJT (Spiritual Journey Thursday) for 2026, and today our host  Margaret  has asked us to share our OLW (On...