Well, that’s a kind of a scary title for a blog post, so let me assure you first of all, that there’s no real disaster in Madison. The river is up, and certainly above flood level, and may reach a mark that would be on the list of top 15 highest … [Read more...]
Sunday Salon: How not to start a new blog hop
April 24, 2011 By 10 Comments
I like to think of Easter as a celebration of new beginnings, spring being one of the ultimate new beginnings. Here's my funny story of an aborted (or delayed) new beginning.Yesterday was another rainy day here in southern Indiana. A wet spring … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Uncoupling
April 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
I read Emily’s review of this novel by Meg Wolitzer at As the Crowe Flies (and Reads) about a month ago, and wasn’t sure whether or not to read it. Then I realized it was in a box of ARC books that Emily was so generous as to send me. And I saw it on … [Read more...]
Top Ten Rewind: Tear-jerkers
April 19, 2011 By 10 Comments
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is a rewind. You can go to this post at The Broke and the Bookish and pick any Top Ten topic you may have missed, or not had time to do. I wasn’t quite into super blogger mode in November of last year, so I missed this Top … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Sushi comes to Madison
April 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
Sakka Blue in Madison, IndianaA day late again, but better late than never. I should report that though it has been raining in Madison today (in fact, the siren went off at 6:00 this morning to let us all know about a thunderstorm warning), it was … [Read more...]
Turning down the pages: a report from book group on Olive Kitteridge
April 18, 2011 By 7 Comments
This is not exactly a book review. Before I left for the beach back in March I alluded to a running disagreement in one of my book groups about Olive Kitteridge and that we would be meeting to discuss the book when I got back in April. So, here’s my … [Read more...]
Saturday Snapshot: April 16th
April 16, 2011 By 11 Comments
The Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please … [Read more...]
Step out of your comfort zone blog hop
April 15, 2011 By 5 Comments
Here's a brand, spanking new blog hop from Lucybird's Book Blog. It's to encourage us book bloggers to explore blogs we might not look at normally. Getting a new blog hop started is hard work, so here's to Lucybird for her efforts and encouraging … [Read more...]
Twofer Review: Ines and Emily, alone and together
April 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Twofer book review usually pairs two completely random books to see what kind of interesting things emerge when they’re reviewed together. I have to confess that today’s pairing is not completely random. I sat down to review Ines of My Soul and … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: The Madison Coffee and Tea Company
April 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
View from Madison Coffee and Tea Co.It’s Monday, and raining again in Madison. Does it seem like it rains almost every Monday? I don’t mind a nice spring rain. Spring rains are what Rachel Peden, in her book about being an Indiana farmwife, Rural … [Read more...]
