Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
The Forgotten (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, #13) by Faye Kellerman My rating: 3 of 5 stars As far as I can remember, I think this is the first of Faye Kellerman's books I've read, but I will seek her out again. Very fun read, well well well developed and interesting characters. In fact, I like how... Continue Reading →
*** This was the post I was in the middle of writing last week before..well..stuff happened *** This month began the High School open enrollment period in Sports Boy's school district. Yep. High. School. Even though I am pretty sure that picture above was taken yesterday. Or, the reality could be that all those visible... Continue Reading →
So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits--and the President--Failed on Iraq by Greg Mitchell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am saddened to say that I discovered the fabulous Editors & Publishers website *just* before it closed shop. It is being re-launched under the same name, but without the brilliant editor... Continue Reading →
She was Jacqueline or Jax to me. Sometimes in my head I thought of it as "Jacques-eleene!" which was her impression of her French teacher from Bishops saying it. When I met her though, she was Julie. High school. Fall of 1980 and her dorm room was across the hall from mine. Oddly though, I... Continue Reading →
In an unusual display of weather in San Diego this week, we've now had 4 days of often intense rain coupled with REALLY intense wind. There were even tornado warnings a couple of days ago along the coast from Long Beach down to the Tijuana border. Every time I have to drive in it, I... Continue Reading →
How do you mourn the passing of someone you never set eyes on in real life? How do you explain why you feel a hole in your heart over someone you never once hugged yourself? How do you become a family over a flickering monitor? I don't know, it's some sort of magical human connection... Continue Reading →
I suppose that's a good thing as it means no drama. Actually, today being a holiday, and with it raining, I am actually free to read. Funny isn't though, that if you have no alarm to wake you up, no pressing reason to actually leave the bed (other than inevitable hunger) and no where particularly... Continue Reading →
The Deadly Trade: A Novel by Ken Morris My rating: 3 of 5 stars Fun, easy read. For some reason I just love books with short chapters. Probably because I often only have 30 mins to read and I know I can always make it through the end of a chapter. I think I referred... Continue Reading →
Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It by Jill Richardson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have to confess first to being a personal friend of Jill. Though, it is her writing which attracted me 😉 As she mentions in the book, she got... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 