ColoRADo Part 1
Around the beginning of the year, Elena asked me if I wanted to go to Colorado with her and Brigette (not my sister Bridget!) to visit our friend and Brigette’s cousin, Anna, who is a nun in Colorado. I said, If the plane tickets aren’t super expensive, sure. I roped Emma into going and missing Jesse’s birthday. We found reasonable plan tickets and we were … Continue reading ColoRADo Part 1
how to plan a vacation
You might wonder after you read the travel posts: How do they plan such detailed trips?Â
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book review: letters of trust by wanda
One day, Wanda Brunstetter sat down at her typewriter with a pencil behind her ear and a raw determination to write a story about the biggest S.O.B. that ever lived. The result: Letters of Trust. Our story begins with Eleanor and Vic starting a new life together in Pennsylvania. They just got married and moved to Lancaster to be close to Vic’s family. Eleanor is … Continue reading book review: letters of trust by wanda
Molly McIntire
Third in line is Molly McIntire. I went into this not being excited about Molly at all. I like reading about WWII but my memory of Molly is her being annoying. In the family tree the description for Molly’s younger brother, Brad, is: Molly’s five year old brother – a little pest. Brad doesn’t do a single annoying thing the entire six book series. What … Continue reading Molly McIntire
Addy Walker
I started Addy next and dude, I’m sorry, but she’s annoying. Literally anything she says, which is just her parroting what someone else told her, her parents say, You’re so smart, Addy. Whatever, Addy. Also, the writing reminds me of Wanda E Brunstetter. Anyone Addy meets she tells them: My Pappa and brother, Sam, were sold to a new master so my Mamma and I … Continue reading Addy Walker
the coffee adventure
A coworker and I were chatting about local coffee shops and he started to tell me about his favorite shops in Dayton. I was intrigued based on what he’d told me, so I quickly arranged a day for Emma, Catherine, and I to flit about the city going shop to shop and consuming great quantities of caffeine. We decided to go to two, Press Coffee … Continue reading the coffee adventure
Samantha Parkington
Since Samantha was the first series I got my hands on, she’s up first. I remember her being pretty cool so I was ready. Friday night rolled around and I was committed to starting the series. I opened the book and my childhood came rushing back. Remember how the characters are listed at the beginning of the book? Not a dry list of characters like … Continue reading Samantha Parkington
book review: jochebed’s dream
Catherine and I had some time to kill, so we moseyed into the Piqua Library and found ourselves in the book sale section. There were numerous Wanda books at tantalizingly low prices, but we ended up deciding that we weren’t willing to part with 50 hard earned cents for such low hanging fruit. Instead, Catherine found some detective book with a classy looking picture on … Continue reading book review: jochebed’s dream
Maria’s 2023 Library
From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom This is a book I found in Half Price Books after reading Follow the River by the same author. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when I picked up this book which is about the Clark family of Virginia. Their son George Rogers Clark settled a lot of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, so … Continue reading Maria’s 2023 Library
Remember American Girls?
In January I watched the American Girl movies Kit Kittredge and Samantha, and they reminded me of how big American Girls were back in the day. After reminiscing with my friend, I wanted to re-read the books of the OG girls: Felicity, Samantha, Kit, Addy, Kaya, Josefina, Kirsten, and Molly. Any of the girls that came out after them weren’t up to par. Maybe I … Continue reading Remember American Girls?
Mellow Musings 