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      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
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      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
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Books, Featured, Headline Posted onSeptember 29, 2025September 29, 2025

Support Childhood Literacy :: Ferst Readers

A child’s future starts with a book. Kids who are read to at least 3 times a week are almost twice as likely to rank in the top 25% in reading. You can help place books in the homes of kids and make their future brighter.

Book Club Discussion of James by Percival Everett
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onSeptember 12, 2025September 29, 2025

Book Club Chat :: James by Percival Everett

In August, my book club’s selection was James by Percival Everett. This is one of those posts that I might should skip. I had a […] Read More

Brief review of Every Storm Runs Out of Rain
Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

Book Brief :: Every Storm Runs Out of Rain

Every Storm Runs Out of Rain: Leading a Health Care Marketing Team Through a Global Pandemic by Amy Comeau is one of those books that […] Read More

Book Club Discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJuly 25, 2025July 25, 2025

Book Club Chat :: Their Eyes Were Watching God

I’ve said it before: a great book is one that makes me wish I were back in the classroom so I could teach it. Their […] Read More

Brief Review of A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare
Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJuly 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Book Brief :: A Change of Habit

I first learned of A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun from a review in my local paper, […] Read More

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJuly 11, 2025July 11, 2025

Book Review :: Queen Esther

John Irving’s latest novel, Queen Esther, opens with four-year-old Esther dropped at an orphanage with little information about herself, aside from her Jewish heritage. In […] Read More

Backyard Birding with Cameras
Featured, Headline, Out and About, Things I Love Posted onJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025

L&L Project :: Backyard Birding with Cameras

I’m fully hooked on my backyard birds. Over time, I’ve added three different types of feeders (seasonally rotated), a birdbath, and two birdhouses. A few […] Read More

Book Club chat for Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Book Club Chat :: Tom Lake

When I’m scheduling out when we’ll read our books, the toughest selection is the one that we’ll read in June. This is because this book […] Read More

Book Ratings for 2024-2025 Book Club Reading Year
Book Clubs, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 14, 2025June 14, 2025

Book Club :: Book Ratings for 2024-2025

Two years may not make a streak, but it looks to be headed that way. And this is the type of streak we love. We […] Read More

Book Club Selections Short List for 2025-2026
Book Clubs, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 2, 2025June 2, 2025

Book Club Selections :: Short List

OK, fellow people who love books, love talking about books, like planning their next book to read (or ten) or just, in general, like thinking […] Read More

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