I wrote a post earlier this year about books that I'd like to read, and now that we're at the end of this year, I'm here to report that I have read very little of The Apollo Murders and The Haunted Abbot and none of The Midnight Library. I even downloaded the Kindle version of …
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I forgot to mention: not only did I travel for most of August, I even had a wedding to travel for a couple of weeks ago. So, this time for sure, I really am back! I'll start from to the beginning. We did indeed do the 10-hour drive up to Glacier National Park and headed …
Three trips in the next three weeks or so! August got really busy in a hurry! First, it's a road trip to Glacier National Park in Montana for camping and hiking, with a little jaunt over the U.S.-Canadian border for fun. Once we're back from that, the very next day, my kids and I fly …
Shōgun Network or Service: FX and Hulu Episodes: 10 Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada (Lord Yoshii Toranaga), Cosmo Jarvis (John Blackthorne/"Anjin"), Anna Sawai (Toda Mariko), Tadanobu Asano (Kashigi Yabushige), and Takehiro Hira (Ishido Kazunari) Wikipedia Summary: The collision of two ambitious men from different worlds, John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, …
A dream I've long held, Reality in two years. Japan -- wait for me!
Daily writing promptYou’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? View all responses So!! Here are some trips that I'd choose different modes of transportation for! Just getting across the country to a specific destination? Definitely airplane. Moving cross country? Car. We did it twice. No regrets! Going cross country to …
Daily writing promptWhere would you go on a shopping spree?View all responses Listen... it would have to be Target. Especially if money were no object, because you can easily spend over $100 in there without even trying! But you see, I would update my entire wardrobe and work on establishing some actual home decor. Now, …
Bloganuary writing promptWhat books do you want to read?View all responses Oooooh! Well, there are more than two, at the moment, but I'm starting off with just a couple because I'm already in the middle of The Haunted Abbot by Peter Tremayne. And I've decided that I am not a fast reader. After that book, …
Bloganuary writing promptWrite about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. View all responses Happy New Year! This seemed like a great prompt to kick off 2024, with some neat history and fun facts. It also kind of serves as a unique introduction, for those of you who are new to the blog, or …
Hello again, and welcome back to November! It seems like this month keeps happening every year or something... Boy, the amount of 5,000 or so words really seems to be my ceiling during NaNoWriMo. The glaring issue I always seem to run into is that the moment I fall behind, the first day I don't …
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