October Reading

With cooler weather arriving, it is time to curl up in front of the fire with a cup of tea or cocoa and select a nice thick book to read. It's funny how I read more non-fiction in the cooler months and save the fluff for summer. Two of three of these books are non-fiction and I am truly looking forward to reading them all.

Nora Ephron, who passed away just in 2012, has a compilation of many of her works collected in The Most of Nora Ephron. What an amazing writer who brought us many humorous and unforgettable stories.

And if you have read my blog from the beginning, you know what a huge Pat Conroy fan I am. I believe he is one of the best writers out there today. He tends to write about my life, the people I grew up with and people who surround me. The South in all it's perfect beauty and hidden shame. The Death of Santini:  The Story of a Father and His Son. 

The third, Behind the Shattered Glass, is a continuation of a fun, cozy mystery series and is always enjoyable to visit with the characters again.

Happy Autumn and Happy Reading!


p.s. Just finished reading This House is Haunted by John Boyne and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very Dickensian!

It's Autumn...

Autumn is Coming

Every year when the weather turns cooler, I dig out Fall decorations and pull out books that I enjoy reading this time of year. There are books that need to be read or re-read by the fire or somewhere you can smell the burning leaves and the cool night air catches your breath.

One of those books for me is Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It has all of the Autumn requirements. What's your favorite Fall reading?

Favorite Movie

Moonrise Kingdom

Gone From My Sight

I am standing by the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

and I stand and watch

until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says, ‘There she goes!

Gone where? Gone from my sight – that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar

as she was when she left my side

and just as able to bear her load of living freight

to the places of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says,

‘There she goes! ‘ ,

there are other eyes watching her coming,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout :

‘Here she comes!’

Henry Van Dyke, 19th century

via Kaari Meng in relation to the Sandy Hook tragedy

Elvis Has Been Spotted in Memphis

My sweet friend and her children, who live in Memphis, Tennessee, have been having lots of fun with "Elvis" the elf. He often finds himself in sticky situations.

Today I am thankful for...
Doctors
cozy beds
daughter home from school
Inez


I need to...
de-clutter, simplify
finish some project's I started


For Christmas, I want...
to make it more about Jesus than gifts
simplify
to sit and visit with my family members