
Late last year, I discussed my life-long love of reading and the past decade or so of my favorites in Note 26. In early January, I covered my 2023 year in books in Note 27. That was quite an undertaking and I decided that this year I will break it down into smaller pieces and…

I suspect that you’ve all been wondering where we planning to travel next. Well, it isn’t where we thought we’d be going when we returned from Iceland last September! I was going to wait a few weeks after my review of that trip and announce our next trip, but 3 weeks later it became apparent…

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a wonderful 2024! As promised in my previous post, here’s my 2023 reading summary – drum roll, please…. Books Read in 2023 Total Books: 60 Total Pages: 19167 Average: 319 Longest: 1045 Shortest: 83 Genres: 10 (Adventure Fiction, Biographical Historical Fiction, Biography, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Mystery, Mythology,…

I love to read. Always have. I recently realized I’ve read over 500 books since 2011. My mom, sister, and I were discussing this milestone, and my sister asked if I’d requested to stop at a library on the way home from the hospital after my birth! Maybe not, but I vividly remember the trips…

We’ve been home a week, laundry is done and pretty much everything is put up until the next trip. I’ve caught up on mail and bills and the crazy amount of dust that settled in the house while we were gone (thanks to help from Dave, too!). I got Mom caught up with updates on…

Reykjavik weather: Hi 54F, Rainy and Windy Houston weather: Hi 90F, Afternoon Storms And just like that, we were headed to the airport to fly home. We’ve seen and experienced so much on this trip and the last few days have been jam packed. But, of course, we must have one final adventure on the…