Letters from a Hill Farm

Pages

Home
About Me
Authors
Blog Header Picture
Christmas Books
Book Lists 2006 - 2022
Book List 2023
Book List 2024
Movies
Poems
Recipes
Short Stories, including Christmas stories

Blog Header Picture

December 3 - Santa and Maisy

Home

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Words to cook by

I suppose I am a sparrow, a stay-at-home bird. Gladys Taber

An Irish Blessing

Warm be the love that surrounds you,

Good be your friends, and true,

Constant be hope and promise,

Useful the work you do,

Close be your family around you,

Good health be yours day by day,

Long be the life you're living,

And full of much joy on the way.

Blog Archive

▼ 2024 (19)
- ▼ October (3)
- ► August (3)
- ► May (3)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (3)
- ► January (6)

► 2023 (51)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (2)
- ► October (2)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (8)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (6)
- ► January (9)

► 2022 (35)
- ► December (3)
- ► November (3)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (2)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (5)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (2)
- ► January (8)

► 2021 (65)
- ► December (9)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (7)
- ► September (6)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (6)
- ► January (12)

► 2020 (92)
- ► December (10)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (9)
- ► September (8)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (9)
- ► April (7)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (12)

► 2019 (86)
- ► December (9)
- ► November (9)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (7)
- ► June (6)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (6)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (15)

► 2018 (119)
- ► December (26)
- ► November (11)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (11)
- ► August (12)
- ► July (10)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (5)
- ► March (9)
- ► February (8)
- ► January (12)

► 2017 (94)
- ► December (11)
- ► November (3)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (10)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (9)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (10)
- ► March (6)
- ► February (12)
- ► January (14)

► 2016 (121)
- ► December (7)
- ► November (12)
- ► October (13)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (14)
- ► July (16)
- ► June (10)
- ► May (10)
- ► April (10)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (4)
- ► January (13)

► 2015 (110)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (12)
- ► October (11)
- ► September (10)
- ► August (9)
- ► July (9)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (4)
- ► April (10)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (14)
- ► January (13)

► 2014 (112)
- ► December (17)
- ► November (10)
- ► October (7)
- ► September (9)
- ► August (9)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (8)
- ► March (14)
- ► February (13)
- ► January (8)

► 2013 (130)
- ► December (18)
- ► November (9)
- ► October (9)
- ► September (10)
- ► August (9)
- ► July (15)
- ► June (17)
- ► May (18)
- ► April (14)
- ► March (11)

► 2012 (226)
- ► December (13)
- ► November (24)
- ► October (18)
- ► September (20)
- ► August (20)
- ► July (21)
- ► June (21)
- ► May (18)
- ► April (14)
- ► March (19)
- ► February (17)
- ► January (21)

► 2011 (235)
- ► December (18)
- ► November (21)
- ► October (23)
- ► September (20)
- ► August (14)
- ► July (12)
- ► June (19)
- ► May (20)
- ► April (25)
- ► March (20)
- ► February (17)
- ► January (26)

► 2010 (241)
- ► December (19)
- ► November (20)
- ► October (20)
- ► September (18)
- ► August (19)
- ► July (17)
- ► June (22)
- ► May (27)
- ► April (15)
- ► March (24)
- ► February (14)
- ► January (26)

► 2009 (343)
- ► December (28)
- ► November (30)
- ► October (18)
- ► September (27)
- ► August (36)
- ► July (36)
- ► June (19)
- ► May (29)
- ► April (22)
- ► March (28)
- ► February (27)
- ► January (43)

► 2008 (567)
- ► December (54)
- ► November (36)
- ► October (43)
- ► September (53)
- ► August (48)
- ► July (69)
- ► June (41)
- ► May (45)
- ► April (54)
- ► March (51)
- ► February (40)
- ► January (33)

► 2007 (632)
- ► December (55)
- ► November (43)
- ► October (46)
- ► September (43)
- ► August (56)
- ► July (40)
- ► June (46)
- ► May (50)
- ► April (62)
- ► March (71)
- ► February (59)
- ► January (61)

► 2006 (79)
- ► December (63)
- ► November (16)

Places I love to visit (a list in progress)

Mystica

Ruth’s First Christmas Tree by Elly Griffiths - Ruth was not a Christmas person but now that her baby girl is a year old, she is drawn into the Christmas spiel of food, gifts, a tree, tinsel and all...
49 minutes ago
Adventures in reading, writing and working from home

Book review – France Faviell – “The Dancing Bear” #DeanStreetDecember24 - Here’s my third review for Dean Street December 2024, where we are reading books published by Dean Street Press. See this post for all the detail on what t...
8 hours ago
The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader

Countdown to 2025: Day 18 - This year I am participating in Countdown to 2025 hosted by Lynn from Lynn's Books. Today is day 18 and the prompt for today is Christmas Cards – a book...
8 hours ago
Joy's Book Blog

Winter TBR #TopTenTuesday - This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is “Books on My Winter 2024-2025 TBR.” For the new year, I’m reworking how I keep my To Be Read...
13 hours ago
*Terra Garden*

Puppets and Lights, Child Delivers Christmas Tree, and Vera Wong Mystery Novel - I took this photo of my living room wall. The swirling lights only appeared for a few moments and only one time. I had my phone camera nearby. My son said...
14 hours ago
The Indextrious Reader

The Silence of Trees - The Silence of Trees / Valya Dudycz Lupescu Chicago: Wolfsword Press, c2010. 334 p. Another story of Ukrainians in America for today's post. This one is ...
14 hours ago
Codlinsandcream2

Window shopping in Hay, part 2 - Having bought a replacement battery and a charger, I now have my camera working again and when it is charged, a spare battery. Apologies for the reflect...
15 hours ago
sprite writes

top ten titles on my winter ’25 to-be-read list - I love the seasonal Top Ten Tuesday topics That Artsy Reader Girl posts, and, in a true surprise, I find from the last time around that I’ve finished fiv...
15 hours ago
Jama's Alphabet Soup

[festive review + recipe] Peter Rabbit: Christmas is Coming (+ a blog break) - Merry, merry, and jingle those bells! Most kids will say that presents are the best part of Christmas, but our mischievous friend Peter Rabbit begs to diff...
17 hours ago
Birds, Blooms, Books, etc

My Big Day - This is the day I turn 74!Dan said this was a hard birthday for him and I understand why.I'm starting my 75th year on this planet.Wow!Here's what I looked...
18 hours ago
Lark Writes...on books and life

December's bookish art... - “Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn “Stories you read when you're the right...
20 hours ago
Coastal Horizons... books, beaches, and backroad adventures

In Memoriam - *In Memoriam* by Alice Winn Fiction 2023 Finished on December 13, 2024 Rating: 5/5 (Excellent) *Publisher's Blurb:* *It’s 1914, and World War I is cease...
20 hours ago
Readerbuzz

Books on My Winter 2024-2025 to-Read List - I spent a day planning out my 2025 year of reading, putting in some contemporary fiction and nonfiction, classics, and even a few picture books. Here's w...
22 hours ago
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

The Desperate People - vintage TV review - *The Desperate People*, first screened by the BBC in 1963, is said to be the earliest of the Francis Durbridge TV serials to survive in its complete for...
1 day ago
Commonweeder

Our Christmas Tree is Beautiful - Last week we wandered around the fields of Meadowcrest Stables in Greenfield to make a choice. And when we found it we thought our tree was perfect. We gav...
1 day ago
Turn the Page

2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge - The 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge is hosted by Shelleyrae at Book'd Out. Check out the details *HERE*. There are twelve categories and I have a few ...
1 day ago
From My Mental Library

A Grey Week - Last week was almost entirely grey - the sky, that is. Life itself was as colourful as always, but a solid grey lid above our heads would not budge except ...
1 day ago
Musings

TV Trauma - Last month, the speakers on our 32" Sony TV died. However, the headphones for Art (charging below the TV) worked. He needs the head phones because he i...
1 day ago
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings

“…the English police get their results.” #MetropolitanMysteries @BL_Publishing @medwardsbooks - As I mentioned in my end of November post, I have been blessed with the arrival of a lovely stack of review copies from British Library Publishing, and the...
1 day ago
Bitter Tea and Mystery

Books Read in November 2024 - November was a very good reading month; I enjoyed reading all the books. I finished an excellent nonfiction history book that I had started in early ...
1 day ago
The Passing Tramp

Not a Nice to Place to Visit--and You Might End up Dying There: Pop 1280 (1964) by Jim Thompson - *"Just how big is Pottsville, anyways?" "Well, sir," I said, "there's a road sign just outside of town that says 'Pop. 1280,' so I guess that's about it...
1 day ago
Lit and Life

Life: It Goes On - December 15 - Happy Sunday! I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted! Tells you something about how the past couple of weeks have gone and where my priori...
2 days ago
bronasbooks.com

Always Was Always Will Be | Thomas Mayo - In late December 2023, for the first time that year, I was with my family on the saltwater in my small dinghy. We were making numus from the fish we’d caug...
2 days ago
Blue-Hearted Bookworm

I Remember November - Since this post is a little late, it's going to have that hurried feel. Once I recall my reading adventures in November, then it'll be time to recount ...
2 days ago
Book Chatter

Sunday Matters: Let the Holidays Begin - Hello friends! How are you? I am doing pretty well. I am officially on vacation now. Nothing huge planned, a short visit with both kids from 12/23-12/26, a...
2 days ago
Staircase Wit

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie #ReadChristie2024 - I enjoy the Christies that feature Ariadne Oliver, the occasionally ditzy mystery author who dislikes the fictional detective she has made so popular, Sven...
2 days ago
AnnaBookBel

Renard Press Christmas Card Classics - I’ll be back with reviews during the week – it’s been a bit hectic – and I’m doing the finishing touches for our school mag still. For now, I’d like to hig...
2 days ago
Reading Matters

‘The Season’ by Helen Garner - Non-fiction – paperback; Text Publishing; 208 pages; 2024. After a decade-long break from full-length books, Helen Garner returns with The Season, her firs...
2 days ago
JacquiWine's Journal

My Books of the Year, 2024 – Part 1 - Some favourites from a year of reading I seem to say this every year, but 2024 has sent some wonderful books my way from new releases to treasures from the...
2 days ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Birder Hibernation Ends On Sunday - I've been in a state of birder hibernation for the last month. Life decided that other things needed to take priority. I decided to at least upload the l...
3 days ago
Desperate Reader

Fear Stalks The Village - Ethel Lina White - I read this book back in May when I picked it up off the top of the nearest pile to be read (there are always piles to be read) and absolutely loved it. ...
3 days ago
ahsweetmysteryblog

2024 REPRINT OF THE YEAR, #1: The Little Sparrow Murders - And that’s my miraculous little holiday rhyme to get you into the spirit of the occasion! (The real miracle would be anyone calling the Puzzle Doctor “Stev...
3 days ago
Mysteries Ahoy!

Reprint of the Year 2024: I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich - I Married a Dead Man tells the story of a young woman in dire straits. Its protagonist, Helen, is unmarried and eight months pregnant. She seeks help from ...
3 days ago
Georgia Girl With An English Heart

When You're Smiling (Autumn Leaves but NOT YET) - Well, ALOE there! (Here is a photo of Richard's ALOE plants!) The final for "Strictly Come Dancing" is this Saturday in the UK. I have shown you some...
4 days ago
Lillabullero

Hooptedoodle! - Leaves on the line, the wrong kind of snow, Covid, Storms Bert and Darragh … Lillabullero could offer these up … but, no excuses. Anyway, short and sweet’s...
4 days ago
Stuck in a Book

#133: Do We Have Reading Rules? and Two Willa Cather Novels - Willa Cather and reading rules – welcome to episode 133 of ‘Tea or Books?’! In the first half, we discuss reading rules – when we’re picking up a book, are...
4 days ago
Northern Reader

Christmas for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin – three young women discover the challenges of life in Manchester 1940 - Christmas for the Home Front Girls by Susanna Bavin This is the third book in the Home Front Girls series and it is a really good novel, even if read as a ...
4 days ago
kay's reading life

The Black Loch by Peter May - The Black Loch by Peter May *First Paragraph(s):* The sun set some time ago. Although it is not yet dark enough, somehow, for murder. The ea...
4 days ago
The Book Jotter

Christmas Reading - It is December, so it seems right to talk about the Christmas reading which started in earnest back in October. Olivia, was getting to know an online date ...
5 days ago
The Zees Go West

Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria - Port number 4 of the Grand European Tour on the Viking *Skirnir*, November, 2014 ******* Although Würzburg is a city of 130,000, we only went to the Wü...
6 days ago
A Fondness For Reading

Happy Birthday to Emily Dickinson - Today is Emily Dickinson’s birthday. She was born in 1830, a mere 194 years ago. We are blessed to have her poetry, timelessly beautiful, her gift to us fo...
1 week ago
read_warbler

I have been reading... - So, it's suddenly turned busy. 'Well, it is Christmas!' I hear you opine. Quite right too. Plus, I changed my car, had family visiting, and took up Latin...
1 week ago
Lakeside Musing

The Sunday Salon: December 8, 2024 - Hello friends and Happy December. We had a wonderful, celebration-filled Thanksgiving week in central NY that included Thanksgiving dinner at my sisters...
1 week ago
Eagleton Notes

Home - Again - Thank you all very much for your comments on my last post. I read most of them in hospital on my phone and then on my laptop when I eventually got out of...
1 week ago
Books to the Ceiling

The Last Chronicle of Barset: On returning to the classics - The novels comprising The Barsetshire Chronicles by Anthony Trollope are set mainly in the fictional county of Barsetshire and more specifically in its cat...
2 weeks ago
down to earth

A day in my life - I haven't written a day in my life post for a long time so today is the perfect day for it. This was yesterday, it was a busy day because I'm doing a few...
2 weeks ago
Peaceful Reader

What the future holds - It's taken me all month to mentally deal with the outcome of this election. I'm simply heartbroken. Our country is in a tough place. Like the serenity p...
2 weeks ago
Dewena's Window

Happy Thanksgiving Day, to My Fellow Americans! - Happy Thanksgiving Day to those of us in the United States of America! I don't know about you but I could use a few more days to get ready for it ins...
2 weeks ago
Comfy House

quick hello - Hello! Yes, I am still out here in Blogland. Haven't given up completely on blogging just yet. Like a lot of bloggers lately, I am mostly on Instagram. Th...
3 weeks ago
Book Chase

I'm Still Reading - This Was My October - Despite (or maybe because of) my continuing struggle with the "blahs," reading continues to give me great pleasure when little else does. I may not have t...
4 weeks ago
Morning's Minion

Quilts: Finished and In Progress - *Unless quilt projects are of interest, this rambling photo-heavy post will bore you!* I decided, on a gloomy Sunday afternoon in March, to undertake a so...
4 weeks ago
"You Might as Well Read"

My (Very) Impressionistic Take on 2024’s Booker - My heavens, dear Readers, can it really have been eighteen months or so since I last posted anything? I can’t imagine that anyone’s still checking the blo...
5 weeks ago
Across the Way

Pardon My Therapy - Two posts in one day? I don't think I've ever done that but this is mainly a blatant attempt not to let some of my October 2024 pictures go to waste. ...
1 month ago
Musings of a Bookish Kitty

Weekly Mews: Side Effects - I am linking up to the *Sunday Post* hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book Reviewer and *The Sunday Salon* (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where part...
2 months ago
"By Stargoose And Hanglands"

The Stotfold Shuffle - A little album of scenes that presented themselves at Stotfold Working Steam Weekend last Saturday. And, as when playing an album or playlist of music, it'...
2 months ago
heavenali

Tales from my reading chair – an update. - I disappeared again – I’m sorry. I’m trying to decide whether I’m done with this whole blogging malarky – there are aspects I miss – but I get overwhelmed...
2 months ago
mrs miniver's daughter

- Saddened to hear of the death of the sublime Dame Maggie and so glad that I got to see her last stage performance five years ago.
2 months ago
Bookgirl's Nightstand

It’s Been A While - Summer is winding down and I’ve been meaning to catch up but I just haven’t felt the energy to write a blog post. While there have been some really good ti...
3 months ago
Someday Cooking

Baked Risotto - 1-1/2 c. Arborio rice 2 15-oz. cans vegetable stock 2 garlic cloves, very finely minced About 1-1/2 c. steamed fresh vegetables (green peas, fresh corn kerne...
3 months ago
Life must be filled up

Our revels now are ended - Hi all - this is Barbara's daughter Alice, also known as *huskyteer*. I'm so sorry to have to tell you that my mum died yesterday. I'll write more in my o...
3 months ago
A Garden Carried in the Pocket

Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger - As I mentioned in the previous post, I read *Iron Lake* in 2017 and had every intention of continuing this series by William Kent Kreuger--but didn't. T...
4 months ago
Furrowed Middlebrow

Happy Release Day for FM97! - The long-awaited day has arrived! It's been a while since we've had a Release Day celebration for a new Furrowed Middlebrow title, but as of today Eleano...
4 months ago
Reader in the Wilderness

It's August 1st! So Where Are My 20 Books of Summer? - With only one month left until September 1st, I can truthfully "fess up" that my 20 Books of Summer plans have gone bust. I have been reading, yes. But m...
4 months ago
Hotchpot Cafe

Finished! - It's only mid-July and I have read all the books for the two challenges I joined this year. Some of them were really, really good. Now to do the reviews!...
5 months ago
The Weaver of Grass

Final - Dear Blog friends far and near, After goodness knows how many years of doing this blog I have finally decided to call it a day. As you know I am on 'E...
5 months ago
The Children's War

The Last Hope (A Maggie Hope Mystery #11) by Susan Elia MacNeal - *The Last Hope: A Maggie Hope Mysteryby Susan Elia MacNeal* I'm a little on the OCD side and although I closed The Children's War in December 2023, I fin...
6 months ago
Life on a Small Island

R.I.P. Madam Button - Very sadly I had to say goodbye to Madam Button, my little sea cat, a couple of weeks ago. She was 18 years old, and had a very active life until re...
7 months ago
Gardening On Granite

“Goodbye and Keep Cold” - We in Southern New Hampshire are looking towards temperatures in the 50s for most of the next week after 50s in this one. This will banish the last snow po...
9 months ago
Bag Full Of Books

Introduction to Sally by Elizabeth von Arnim - ‘Introduction to Sally’ by Elizabeth von Arnim is a novel about a young woman of exceptional beauty, who causes a flurry of excitement wherever she goes du...
9 months ago
Leaves & Pages

An heiress and mainly manly men, with horses: Flambards by K.M. Peyton (1967) - Flambards by K.M. Peyton ~ 1967. This edition: Oxford University Press, 2007. Hardcover. 227 pages. This will be a sketchy sort of review. This novel is so...
10 months ago
an adventure in reading

TOP TEN TUESDAY: Best of 2023 - Fiction - Yearly round up of books read last year. I read 124 books (27nonfiction) most audiobooks. I'm going to make a separate post for the nonfiction books and...
11 months ago
Pages From The Book Trunk

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - I am trying to make up for lost time here! I cannot believe nothing has been posted on the blog since July (apart from Sunday's offering). I had such go...
1 year ago
The New Dharma Bums

Anniversary Day - Thirty-one years ago Roger and I got married in the backyard at the Capitola house. I've posted about it many times here on the blog, how we chose this d...
1 year ago
Real Life Reading

Sacramento Republic vs Miami FC 15/10/2023 Analis Skor - Dalam dunia perjudian daring yang semakin berkembang, situs Megajudi303 telah memberikan sentuhan unik. Yang memadukan pengetahuan dan pengalaman dalam s...
1 year ago
Bibliophile By the Sea

What Happened to Summer? - Hello out there - yes, it's been (4) months since I last posted and I totally missed summer. It wasn't much of a summer - rain, rain, rain and lots o...
1 year ago
Book Snob

A fresh start - You can now find me at https://booksnob.substack.com Please come and join me as I venture into writing again!
1 year ago
Random Jottings

Reading fog - Well I am getting there with the new hip. Walking so much easier. I am doing circuits of our communal gardens using crutches but indoors I am managing with...
1 year ago
A Full-time Life

A few days in Newport - We spent another few days on the Oregon Coast last week. This time we drove North on the Coast Highway to the busy port city of Newport. The c0ast route be...
1 year ago
Cornflower Books

August's books - Seven books, all good. I picked up The Sword in the Stone because Monty Don quotes a beautiful and moving passage from it in Nigel: My family and other dog...
1 year ago
Novel Meals

I’m Not Here - So here’s the issue……….as I mentioned in my previous post – I am not Here anymore but folks are being directed to this blog. I am at Read.Eat.Repeat. My gm...
1 year ago
Cornflower

Folded cuffs - Instead of ribbing for the cuff of a sock, here's a two-colour folded hem. I cast on and put a marker in the first stitch, then knitting every stitch I wor...
1 year ago
A Work in Progress

Thinking about Second Half of 2023 - Hello friends. It has been a long while. Longer than I realized actually. I'm here and reading away, as many books on the go as usual. (Which for me can be...
1 year ago
books as food

"...the time had come for The Cull" - 'On a Saturday in early November, Guido Brunetti, reluctant to go outside, was at home, trying to decide which of his books to remove from the shelves in ...
1 year ago
Beth Fish Reads

In Praise of Home Cooking by Liana Krissoff (Weekend Cooking) - [image: Yellow book cover shows a white bowl with two eggs and a whisk]The new spring cookbooks are starting to roll into the bookstores and into my kitche...
1 year ago
Randomly Reading

January 2023 - I haven’t been blogging much lately and I have decided to take a break from it for a while. I began The Children’s War in 2010 because I had finished my...
1 year ago
Dolce Bellezza

Libros de filosofía - A veces la filosofía, en medio de la vida cotidiana, parece una cima inalcanzable: términos oscuros, definiciones vagas y verdades aparentemente sin impo...
2 years ago
The Book Trunk

Starting Over - I’ve abandoned this blog, because I struggle with those wretched blocks. And ads which I do not want have appeared, and I can’t get rid of them, and they a...
2 years ago
Cosy Books

The Gentlewomen by Laura Talbot - I'm whipping the dust sheet, so to speak, off my blog. Early last autumn the realization that being tempted by interesting books being written about on ...
2 years ago
The Buddha Diaries

RIGHTS--AND WRONGS - Dear Harry, I have written to you before of my distress about the political and social culture of my adoptive country. Imagine, now, a father buying his...
3 years ago
Mrs. K. Investigates

Death in White Pyjamas by John Bude (1944) - In October of every year the company of the Beaumont Theatre begin rehearsals for their upcoming season. “Often these first rehearsals were held at Old Kno...
4 years ago
Vintage Reads

Rebecca - *"I'm afraid it does not concern me very much what Mrs de Winter used to do ... I am Mrs de Winter now you know."* My favourite moment in *Rebecca *is wh...
4 years ago
Views from My Highland Cottage

Mardi Gras 101 - “No one in Virginia will understand this unless they see it” --quote from my sister, Susan Brooks, during her 2019 Mardi Gras visit I’m originally from Vir...
5 years ago

Show 10 Show All

Letter topics

A monthly reading of Jacob's Room is Full of Books (12)
A Year of Afternoon Gardens (12)
A Year of Morning Gardens (1)
A Year with Gladys and Rachel (13)
A year with Gladys Taber at Stillmeadow (12)
A Year with Mrs. Appleyard (6)
An Afternoon with Campbell Walker and Indy Thomas (3)
An Afternoon with Hazel Nina (5)
At Seventy - May Sarton (1)
At this moment (7)
Birth Year Reading Challenge 2017 (3)
Book Lists (30)
Book Notes (55)
Book Passage (41)
Book Reports (362)
Book Reports by year (6)
Bookish (11)
Bookkeeping (32)
Books and Writers (178)
Bookstores (2)
Bowl of daylilies (37)
British Isles Friday (2)
Calendar of Crime 2022 book challenge (2)
Cats and Dogs (61)
Christmas (89)
Christmas movies (1)
Christmas Reading (28)
Cooking with Hazel Nina (3)
Fair (5)
Family (154)
Farm and Garden (244)
Farm and Garden Report - 2010 (21)
Farm and Garden Report - 2011 (6)
Farm and Garden Report - 2012 (3)
Farm and Garden Report - 2013 (3)
Farm and Garden Report - 2014 (2)
Farm and Garden Report - 2015 (1)
Farm and Garden Report - 2016 (7)
Farm and Garden Report - 2017 (4)
Farm and Garden Report - 2018 (3)
Farm and Garden Report - 2019 (3)
Farm and Garden Report - 2020 (7)
Farm and Garden Report - 2021 (8)
Farm and Garden Report - 2022 (9)
Farm and Garden Report - 2023 (4)
Farm and Garden Report - 2024 (3)
Farm and Garden Report 2020 (1)
Farm and Garden Report 2023 (4)
Flower CSA (37)
Food and Drink (371)
Four Seasons with Susan Hill and Gladys Taber (10)
Further afield (37)
Garden Notes (31)
Gladys Taber (68)
Horse Race (1)
House (65)
Houseplants (2)
Housework (12)
Information (2)
Lily of the day (18)
Live music (4)
Monthly Book Notes (28)
Movies (46)
Mrs Bale's weather report (80)
Muffin Monday (14)
Music (92)
Older days (1)
Once and Again reading challenge (1)
Product placement (17)
qdj (2)
Quote du jour (357)
Radio/podcast (1)
Read Scotland 2017 Challenge (3)
Reading with Hazel Nina (10)
Saturday Sally/2008 (6)
Saturday Sally/2009 (7)
Saturday Sally/2010 (2)
Saturday Sally/2012 (2)
Saturday Sally/2013 (2)
Saturday Sally/2016 (2)
Saturday Sally/2017 (1)
Short Stories (46)
Short Stories on Wednesdays (15)
Short Story Monday (9)
Six in Six (1)
Six in the Second Six (1)
Small town life (1)
Spring and Summer Flowers at Windy Poplars - 2016 (3)
Sunday Stroll (25)
Sunday Supper (26)
Television (57)
The 1920s (2)
The Making of a Home (8)
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (8)
Thoughts (72)
Today picture (4)
Today's birthday song (1)
Today's cartoon (1)
Today's cd (77)
Today's Christmas cd (36)
Today's Christmas music (2)
Today's Christmas song (10)
Today's essay (3)
Today's home video (13)
Today's Nature Cam picture (1)
Today's picture (313)
Today's poem (213)
Today's song (99)
Today's video (43)
Tom's posts (12)
Tom's Reads (1)
Tools of the trade (8)
Tribute (1)
Tributes (34)
Up and down the road - 2018 (3)
Up and down the road 2013 (1)
Virtual Advent Tour (3)
Weblog related (110)
Weekend Cooking (84)
What I Learned From TV - 2014 (1)
What I Learned From TV - 2015 (4)
What I Learned From TV - 2016 (3)
What I Learned From TV - 2017 (1)
What I Learned From TV - 2023 (2)
Winter Morning Walks with Ted Kooser (3)

Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.