It’s safe to say that spring is finally springing in Seattle, even though locals know this is Fake Spring and Second Winter will show up to trick us all. It doesn’t matter the season — y’all know I’ll be reading! My health is getting a little better but I still…

The shortest month of the year might give us fewer reading hours, but it’s more about how we spend them, right? Even though it was a…

A new year and a new opportunity to read all the books, my literary friends! Last year was a monster reading year for me (check out my 2021 favorites here), but with a new year the counter starts again at 0 with the opportunity to try new types of books…

This a bittersweet post, but it’s been on my heart and I know it will help with closure and the grief of adding a new feline member to the family and then having to help her find her permanent home. We had hoped to welcome a second cat into our…

Can you believe we’re ending another year still in this pandemic? Neither can I! But despite my sadness about the things I have missed, this post will be about the best books I enjoyed in 2021. …

Happy Christmas everyone, and I hope you had some time to read and relax during this holiday season. I’m writing this during the first snow of the winter, accompanied by very cold temperatures (for Seattle), in the teens and twenties. …

Greetings friends — and how are we almost at the end of Pandemic, Year 2? I’m not entirely sure, but one thing I’m incredibly thankful for is the extra time I’ve had to read and to escape to other worlds through each and every book I read. Because I was…

This blog entry is again coming from my couch, a place that I have spent a lot of time again this month. Actually, it’s been a really tough month that ended with me applying for medical leave, but that’s a topic for another post. Because I’ve spent a lot of…

I’m writing this blog from my couch, sick for the first time in two years (yes, there are upsides to being locked away with your husband and your cat). I’ve been napping, drinking lots of water, and snuggling with the cat. And, in moments of lucidity, I decided to share…