I guess summer is the perfect time for me to read book by Megan Miranda, because last summer's read of All The Missing Girls set me up to have high expectations for this one -- and it definitely held up its end of the bargain! The Perfect Stranger: A Novel tells the story of Leah Stevens, a... Continue Reading →
The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop
Oh my gosh you guys! I finished a book!! It's happened so infrequently lately that this feels like a momentous occasion. I just finished The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop: Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing by Danell Jones. I've been coveting this one for a while and finally decided to just buy it. I'm so glad... Continue Reading →
How I’ve Changed After 6 Months of Morning Pages
Today marks six months of writing morning pages. How unbelievable is that? For some reason, I took 3 weeks off in late May and early June. I sometimes do this: I'll be on a roll with something and then all of a sudden I stop. Then I forget to start again! Does that ever happen... Continue Reading →
Another Writer to Devour – Sherman Alexie
Errr.., you know what I mean. Don't devour the writer, only his work. On my way to work this morning, I heard Sherman Alexie being interviewed about his new book. Full confession: I've never read anything by Sherman Alexie. And - now this is embarrassing - because he has "Alex" in his name, I was... Continue Reading →
Our Chicken Ladies
I'm not sure if I've ever shared that we have chickens! We've had chickens since 2014 - the summer after we moved into our home. Keeping our ladies has been an adventure and earlier this week there was another turn in the story. I'll start at the beginning so that you can understand my low... Continue Reading →
Quick Lit Link Up
This month I'm linking up with the Modern Mrs. Darcy and her QuickLit post! This gives me a chance to share a lot of what I've been staying busy with. It's been one of those spring/summers when I'm so busy all of the time, but have very little to show for it! What I'm Reading:... Continue Reading →
Stop spending so much time drawing those lines!
I just wanted to share one more little sewing trick today. If you're a quilter and make lots of half square triangles, you know how time consuming it can be to draw lines on the back of squares before sewing. There are some fancy sewing machines out there that have lasers built in and they... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Tuesday – Favorite Books from WWII
Happy Tuesday! And Tuesdays usually mean that I'm linking up with the Broke and the Bookish for Top 10 Tuesday! I completely missed the second part of this week's challenge. It was supposed to be The Top 10 Books from X-Genre that I've added to my TBR, but I overlooked the "that I've added to... Continue Reading →
June BuJo Set Up
Happy Monday, friends! I am so happy to say that I scheduled today off from work and now it is NAP TIME, which gives me a chance to publish a few blog posts that I've been itching to write. It was hard to know where to start because I have so much to share, but... Continue Reading →
Tip! Remember to Oil Your Machine
I'm the worst at remembering to do basic maintenance on my machine. My primary machine is my Juki TL2000QI which I adore. It's not a computerized one, just a good old fashioned workhorse. It's actually an industrial machine so I know that Judy Juki can do almost anything that I want her to... as long... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 