Just a perfect Sunday afternoon in the Smokies.   Just a quick and easy bucket of chicken and a couple hours of nothing but sim...

W-o-w! I have no idea how I let so much time elapsed since my last post. OK, I really do know. It's been busy around here. Sad news ...

I'm chiming in with Emily Freeman for What We've Learned This Winter —something I've been meaning to do for a few seasons. I...

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...