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Tag Archives: Reading
Rainy Saturdays are for Reading
“I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again — there are too many new ones coming out all the time which I want to read. Yet an old book has something for me which no … Continue reading
Summer Reading
Here we are already; it is late summer and the days are passing quickly! How are your summer reading plans going? For the past ten days I have been reading Margaret George’s 800+ page biographical novel of Mary Queen … Continue reading
Saturday Reading
How I love Saturdays… weekends are for relaxing and reading a good book! The morning housework is almost done and I got my walk in… and now there is the anticipation of something to read and absorb myself in for … Continue reading
Spring
“A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.” ― Emily Dickinson “Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with … Continue reading
Howard’s End is on the Landing
I am slowly making my way through Susan Hill’s “Howard’s End is on the Landing” (I mentioned before that I am getting into reading books about books!) I am enjoying reading her thoughts and insights on literature, writing, classics, … Continue reading
Winter Reading
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell “I wonder if the snow loves … Continue reading
I Feel Like Reading!
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I’ll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every … Continue reading
Fall and Reading
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ” George Eliot “If you cannot read all your books…fondle them—peer into them, let them … Continue reading
Rain and Reading
I’m here, I’m here, I AM here! Still reading! I am reading a long historical novel by Anya Seton, am 2/3 of the way through. And meanwhile, Spring DID come. And, it’s raining! and when it rains, it’s a great … Continue reading