Carla usually does a girls weekend a couple of times a year: once for Bunco and once with her sisters. This time it was sister time in Ashland for the Shakespeare festival. They also met up with Carla’s best friend from high school, Judy. With her out of the house I thought I’d try something… Continue reading Coney Dogs
Month: July 2014
Road Trip 2014 – Northern Arizona
July 1, 2014 Today we had a 470 mile trip through New Mexico and Northern Arizona. Our end-of-day destination was my uncle and aunt’s house in Cottonwood, Arizona, about 60 miles south of Flagstaff. We planned two intermediate stops: The Petrified Forest National Park east of Holbrok, Arizona and then Winslow for a late lunch.… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Northern Arizona
Book Report – Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse My rating: 3 of 5 stars Published in Great Britain under the title The Cat Nappers, this is the last Jeeves and Wooster story written by Wodehouse. Bertie has spots on his chest and his doctor recommends some time in the country. He winds up in a location near… Continue reading Book Report – Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
Road Trip 2014 – Tucumcari to Santa Fe
June 30, 2014 We had driven long and hard our first two days on the road back in order to dawdle a bit in New Mexico and Arizona on our way to my uncle and aunt’s home in Cottonwood, Arizona. Our route for June 30 & July 1 from Tucumcari, NM to Cottonwood, AZ Our… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Tucumcari to Santa Fe
Book Report – All the Light We Cannot See – by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an excellent telling of a compelling story of two young people in World War II. Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a blind girl living in Paris with her father who is a locksmith for the national museum. Werner Pfennig is… Continue reading Book Report – All the Light We Cannot See – by Anthony Doerr
