New Year, New Book Bingo Card

Last year, I spiced up my annual reading goal by doing something more creative than usual. I made a Book Bingo Card (two actually) to challenge myself not just to read, but to read widely, to read outside my comfort zone, to read some of those things I’d been meaning to get around to butContinue reading “New Year, New Book Bingo Card”

Ghost, Gift, & Grim: A Tale of Three Black Cats (And Why You Need One of Them in Your Life)

A paved path runs near our house where we frequently walk. There’s a spot where the trail goes between the DART light rail tracks and the parking lot of an apartment complex. Here, along the fence line and beneath the bushes and in the storm drains, we sometimes see stray cats that run away theContinue reading “Ghost, Gift, & Grim: A Tale of Three Black Cats (And Why You Need One of Them in Your Life)”

24 Books I Loved in 2024 (And One I Didn’t)

Happy New Year! I’m not quite ready to share my accomplishments or make my resolutions yet. Those are still percolating. They may need a little campfire smoke and moonlight to make them come out of hiding. But I’m always ready to talk about books, so in honor of the calendar turning a page, I’d likeContinue reading “24 Books I Loved in 2024 (And One I Didn’t)”