1. Laurel went back to college: second semester of her sophomore year. It was hard for me to leave her there, but we had a lovely, long Chr...

*Indicates books added in 2017 41 False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm Alena by Rachel Pastan * All the Miss...

I can't believe this is our last day of winter break! It seems like so much has happened in the past month. The holiday spirit started a...

From my SmallWorld Reads blog: I read 48 books in 2016—17 more than I did in 2015! I feel like I'm back on track with my reading. Th...

Facebook has that wonderful, terrible "On This Day" feature, and so I think a lot about how things used to be. "Nine years...

The beautiful city of Vienna from the top of St. Stephen's Cathedral OK, this post isn't really about why your kids should st...