As many of you doubtless know we were blessed with our first grandson, Jurgen, last June. We took a road trip out out to North Riverside (Chicago suburb) to meet him. We then brought our co-mother-in-law Jeanette (who lives in South Africa) back to Portland with us via the Grand Canyon. You can read through my …
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My rating: 5 of 5 stars Possible review titles: When a story is narrated by Death, you know it will be grim I read the last 20 pages through my tears. Emotional and touching without being manipulative. On the late 1930’s train ride to Munich where she will live …
August 30/31, 2014 After our excursion to Vancouver where we encountered the Kumoricon convention I came home to work on my pictures while Carla made dinner. She pulled out an oldie but a goodie: Refrigerator Pie from Good Eats years ago. You may also know this dish as quiche. Back in the day there was …