Suey at It’s All About Books asked for a vacation report. Since she and a few more of you were kind enough to suggest alternates when the government shutdown threatened to shutdown my National Park Vacation as well, I owe you all an update. Note: I didn’t share any of our pictures, I just linked […]
Exploring District 12: Life and Lit
I met a couple of friends for an un-birthday trip to The Cheesecake Factory a few weeks ago. Yes, I live two hours away from the closest one. So, yes, I traveled two hours for cheesecake. Sometimes, you just need a good cheesecake. Anyway, on the way back to my car, the friend who was […]
An Absence Explained: Life and Lit
Holy cow. It has been three weeks since I last posted. Three weeks! Where does the time go? I’ve been desperately juggling a lot of things for a while now and I just finally hit critical capacity. My blog had to go neglected. I accepted a new position at work as a “Clinical Research Coordinator.” […]
Of A Holiday, A New TV Show, and An Amusement Park: Life and Lit
I don’t know about you, but having the 4th of July fall on Wednesday this year threw me all out of whack. Work two days, a day off then work another two days and have another two days off… It kind of didn’t work for me. It was nice to have Wednesday off but then […]
Life & Lit: Of Heat, Book Club, and ’80’s Movies
It’s hot here in the mountains of North Carolina, folks. Hot like we only see a handful of days in the year, thank goodness. We’ve been on the wrong side of 100 degrees for a couple of days now and I think we’re all feeling it. I know that’s normal for some of you, so […]
Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Community Part II
Today’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week prompt is “The world of book blogging has grown enormously and sometimes it can be hard to find a place. Share your tips for finding and keeping community in book blogging despite the hectic demands made on your time and the overwhelming number of blogs out there. If you’re struggling […]
Feeling Buried in the Snow
I know all of you who live farther north than I do are going to laugh at this, but I AM SICK OF SNOW. We had 14 inches dropped on us over Friday and Saturday and we were all but shut down. We used to get decent 3-4″ snows pretty regularly here in the mountains […]