A time for harvest, a time to gather in and a time to remember all we are thankful for. And today, I’m thinking about the bookish things I am grateful for. Books (and reading) are an important part of my life and always have been. I would be a very different person without it. Here…
Last week, we evacuated for Hurricane Matthew. We had six people and four dogs. A few hours later we were safely in a musty-smelling hotel room in a city we didn’t know. We ended up being there for five days, obsessively checking our feeds for any information about home. We were lucky. We came back to…
Books I wish they would make into TV shows: The Count of Monte Cristo The movie with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce is pretty good. It’s great fun and most of the major plot points are there. What I really want is a 6 or 8-hour special (think Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth and…
Slightly surreal and definitely ethereal, illustrator Jungho Lee has created these beautiful illustrations that remind us books are always with us. View more.
Sometimes life happens. In June, we decided to replace some flooring in the house. In doing so, we uncovered a bunch of problems with our home including a hidden leak, water damage, mold, bad subflooring and more. We are in the midst of repairs being done but in the meantime we are living with neighbors.…