,OMG! We went from a record-tying 86 degrees yesterday to an overnight low of 38. Have I mentioned I hate the cold? Brrrrr.Yesterday was crunch day. I have a lot of plants, as in so many plants I could be called the crazy plant lady. Many of those pl...

    Earlier in 2019, I won an audio copy of Georgia Rose’s Parallel Lies. I really had no idea what to expect, but set my phone to play and dove in. Within the first few pages, I’d become a fan of this author. She wove a complicated portrayal of a ch...

During 2018, I won an autographed copy of This I Know by Eldonna Edwards. On a bright sunny day last summer, I lounged on my deck and dove into the words. Once I began, I could not stop. I was pulled in and entranced by Grace, who became one of my fa...

One of my favorite reads last year was Launching Sheep & Other Stories, which is a collection of humorous essays about history from the perspective of everyday life. It was written by Sarah Angleton, one of amazingly talented writers in the write...