Gosh April is slow to start. Still snow on the ground. Lots of early month rain, though, so it won’t last. Haven’t seen any spring blooms yet but maybe by the end of this ramble. First up, a nice surprise – I found a book for my Kobo by a favourite author that somehow I … More 2026 April-May Read and Ramble
Still cold out, but the daylight starts a few minutes earlier every morning. The universe is still dependable that way. At least in the tiny slice of time that I am experiencing it. It’s light out now when I leave my afternoon curling games. Ah February! It used to be my second-least-favourite month (after November, … More 2026 Feb-March Read and Ramble
It’s a new year, hallejulah! 2025 was, for this retired 67-year old, a trying time. Sure, interspersed with periods of calm aboard cruise ships, grandson fun times, and still lucky with spousal and personal good-enough health, but… Loss of my father, and all the executor duties that entailed, topped the stress meter for the year. … More 2026 January Read and Ramble
2025_October October started like summer, but it will end like winter. No snow yet, but the leaves were glorious going through the month. Also a glorious month for reading! Let’s start with a local author purchase while on my Iceland excursion last July. So how about a nice easy read with a guaranteed (predictable, somewhat … More 2025 October Read and Review
The rough summer is over, my executor duties aren’t done, but they’re under control, my father laid to final rest in his Manitoba hometown cemetery with my mother. At 67, I’m an orphan! Time for me? We’ll see. Life goes on. The weather is holding, summer-like but better, crisper. Curling started. My husband is itching … More 2025 September Read and Review
First half of 2025 over already! Reading is still part of everyday, but now done dozing down in the courtyard. Bees buzzing by, birds and squirrels hanging out. It’s easy to drift away. I keep thinking I need a light, summer read. This one sort of is? June is ending with a heat wave. I … More 2025 June Read and Review
2025_April April, over already! The year is one-third done. That’s how life works, time runs in one direction. Except in good sci-fi, hey, that’s an idea for a next book to read! April was a dry reading month; actually only finished one book. Started another, but I’ll save that for May. Wondering what I was … More 2025 April Read and Review
Third month, 3rd installment of Stevie’s Monthly Read and Review. Back to finishing : March is living up to its reputation for wild weather. Snowstorms started the month, (yay, in like a lion, so maybe out like a lamb?), and today heavy rains expected. As is the river flooding probably this year. Not yet, more … More 2025 March Read and Review
2025_February – Yes, this is my back yard pathway right now. Snowy is the word. Second Installment of Stevie’s Read and Review. February is my second-least-favourite month, so thank goodness it’s short! (Nothing beats November for the blahs. Wait, you’ll see.) This year February includes a cruise down south. And reading, of course, always reading. … More 2025 February Read and Review
It’s the middle of January and snow is falling here in Aylmer, Quebec. My kids’ hometown. My fellow military brats understand that last, as in, moved so much while growing up that we don’t claim our own “hometown” (See Home. Again and Again about that.) I posted my 2024 Reading List recently, but am not … More 2025 January Read and Review
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