Genre: Fiction | YA/FantasyStar Rating: 5 out of 5 starsSynopsis from The Storygraph: Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for Girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one… Continue reading Book Review: Gallant
Month: May 2022
Year of Projects 2022: Week 22
Another busy week here. I think I mentioned two weeks ago my DH and I were both struggling with an awful cold. Or what we thought was a cold. He has had a lot of business travel over the last 3 weeks, and it turned out almost half of the people at business location #2… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 22
Book Review: Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Genre: Nonfiction | History/World TravelStar Rating: 4 out of 5Synopsis from Goodreads: July 24, 1911, was a day for the history books. For on that rainy morning, the young Yale professor Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and encountered an ancient city in the clouds: the now famous citadel of Machu… Continue reading Book Review: Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Book Review: Woman, Watching
Genre: Nonfiction | BiographyStars: 4-1/4 out of 5Synopsis from Goodreads: Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients… Continue reading Book Review: Woman, Watching
Forager Vest
One of my goals for this year was to do a closet clean-out (which is mostly done) and look at creating some me-made clothes that I can rotate into my wardrobe for work calls or just slightly nicer options than my usual tee and jeans or leggings outfit. My new job doesn't always require me… Continue reading Forager Vest
Year of Projects 2022: Week 21
Another craft-filled week - my DH was on business travel again (and he's gone again this week) - so I got a lot accomplished. First up, I finished the big cowl I was working on. This is a design from Joji Locatelli from a while back and I had earmarked 3 half-skeins of Spud and… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 21
Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Genre: Historical Fiction | FantasyStar Rating: 4 out of 5 starsSynopsis from The StoryGraph: The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern… Continue reading Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Year of Projects 2022: Week 20
A couple of finished things first for this week. I finished up the Timberland Hat I had been working on. I had two half-skeins of The Unique Sheep's Sushi Socks in stash that were originally part of a sock kit from eons ago. I loved the colors (palest silver and a royal blue) but I… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 20
Book Review: Matilda
Genre: Middle Grade | FictionStar Rating: 4 out of 5Synopsis: Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not… Continue reading Book Review: Matilda
Year of Projects 2022: Week 19
It has been a week here for sure. The fire that is about 10 miles to the west of us is now over 37,000 acres and the county moved us to the middle phase of evacuation prep. We are in a small suburb south of town proper and if the winds yesterday continue as they… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 19
Knit One, Spin Too 