Giraffe Dreams

 We are having a very hot and dry summer. We are trying to establish a new lawn this year, which is virtually impossible during a raging dro...

 I live in a St. Paul suburb and don't get to Minneapolis very often. Today while running errands I realized I was not far from George F...

 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Read this one for my book club. We like to try to read different genres. This is of a type that I rarely...

 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler A family: Dad, Mom, three kids. The family life is strained; the kids grow. The kids as ad...

  Hum if You Don't Know the Words   by Bianca Marais I loved this book! The story is captivating, and the writing is superb. It takes pl...

 Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer Krakauer researches the responses made to rape and sexual assault ...

 This quilt was made by me and quilted by my cousin, Beth, in 2020. About half the blocks were made by me, and half by my online group, Suns...

 Every year Sarah at  Confessions of a Fabric Addict organizes a charity quilt give-away. She encourages quilters to think of the world com...

 I have a quilt I am going to give to the pastor at my church, but it has not yet been quilted. You get to see the uncompleted top. (And I h...

 In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn This one started out pretty good. A family goes on a mini-vacation into the mountains when an accident se...

 Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction  by Dave Kindred The author is an award-winning, retired...

 After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau This is the story of two families who settle in the USA by necessity -- escaping war in their hom...

 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk A group of eccentric folks live in little cabins in the woods above a small P...

 Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon This book is so well written! I often stopped just to soak in various passages due to the lovely writing. I love...

 Uffda.. 2020 has been hard. I'm mostly happy being at home on lock-down, but at the same time, my brain is frazzled. Times have been ve...