Category Archives: books

Stephen King motivates me to be a better gardener.

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

My spring garden has hit maximum overload this week.  (Notice how it is the week when I am juggling a million items and my husband is hospitalized overnight for pneumonia.  This is always my life.) The lettuce and spinach are … Continue reading →

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American history, as it should have been.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Gentle reader, you know how sometimes you get a thought in your head and while you know it is not possible nor feasible the thought stays in your head, tantalizing you ever so slyly because you want to believe it’s … Continue reading →

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Another post about what I think you should be reading.

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

This past year I not only read a million books about farming and homeschooling, but I also read quite a few memoirs.  I have to say that I love reading a good memoir.  It’s like getting a secret peek into … Continue reading →

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What you should read this holiday season. Because I’m bossy like that.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Today I took the kids and went to our Central Library all the way downtown. We don’t do that very often because you have to pay for parking (I’m cheap) and because it is downtown, and driving downtown scares the … Continue reading →

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Rhinovirus 1, Me 0

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

I have been fighting off a cold for the past week.  I sternly told my body that I have no time to be sick, there is just too much to do this week, and for a few days it looked … Continue reading →

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Horror movies, scary books, and pacts with Deity.

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

During my high school years I was a horror film junkie.  In fact, there was a three year span when many of my weekends were spent with a friend watching a Friday the Thirteenth movie, a Freddy Krueger movie, or some … Continue reading →

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The Night Avenger of the grocery store.

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

You see the title of my post?  Yeah, so, that is what I’d like you all to call me from now on.  Those of you who are my close friends can just call me N. A.  (Technically I do my … Continue reading →

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I like big books and I cannot lie.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

There is something about all this cold, wet weather that brings out the reader in me.  I am one of those strange, weird people who actually look forward to bad weather, because it means I am justified in going nowhere … Continue reading →

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My favorite books of all time. (At least for today.)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

As I’ve spent the past 6 days laying on the couch, I’ve had a lot of time on my hands.  Since there is only so much t.v. you can watch while your children are awake and since I don’t have … Continue reading →

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In defense of fluff.

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

I love to read. Now, when I say I love to read, I don’t mean I really, really like it.  I mean I have to do it everyday or else I get twitchy.  Which is why there are random books … Continue reading →

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