Giraffe Dreams

Novel: The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde An audio book I got at a bargain price as a new user of the Chirp audio books app, I really enj...

This year I made two quilts for the Hands2Help Challenge. This first one went to Quilts of Compassion: Another option was their idea to s...

a novel: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips This book takes place on a peninsula in north-eastern Russia very near and/or in the arcti...

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets and Stolen Identity -- a memoir by Axton Betz-Hamilton I vowed I wa...

More quarantine sewing.. I'm getting caught up on some things, but the more I get caught up, the more I find that I'm behind on, so ...

a novel: And Then She Was Gone by Rosalind Noonan An 11-year-old girl vanishes while walking home from school. She is not found until si...

Book: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa This book of historical fiction is very well-written. It follows a family through four generati...

1) I think I changed my comments to "moderated." If it didn't work, I'll try again. I have been getting several comments i...

An Only Child and Her Sister by Casey Maxwell Clair my rating: 3 of 5 stars This memoir is written by the older of two daughters. They ...

I am continuing to work through my book of blocks in alphabetical order. Here are more of what I have made: This yellow one was accidenta...

During the quarantine I am doing all my sewing alone at home. I enjoy it, but usually I have at least a once-a-month quilters' gathering...

Grayson by Lynne Cox A true story. Lynne Cox swims in the ocean every day in early morning hours, training for various long-stretch swim ...

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Some are mildly interesting, some are riveting. One I'm going to recommend is Threshold . I discovered it...

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates -- 5 stars The author writes this book to his son. He explains his own life: how he grew up o...

During this corona virus pandemic, in an effort to slow the spread of the virus, most of Minnesota has shut down: schools, churches, bars an...

I am so grateful for my trip to Panama. Here are some fun memories: riding a boat through the canal (we were close enough to the canal wal...