The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (Kindle): This is an intriguing story of a black woman who passed for white and worked as the personal librarian to John Pierpoint Morgan at the turn of the 20th Century. It is beautifully written. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (Kindle): The Delaneys are … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading September 2021
As previously mentioned, I'd chosen to end my Covid journals on the day all restrictions were lifted in England. Let's begin with the delay in ending Covid restrictions and an updated green list. I made an interactive flap and used patterned paper of Europe to add interest. The media had been reporting on things the … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 17 (and Probably The Final Part)
September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 16: Leaf sweeping is back for the foreseeable future. Day 17: Our decorator has pushed back the start date … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 16-20
It was a busy week, with lovely Autumnal weather We took delivery of a brand new mattress for our bedTilly and I met our friend for a long afternoon walkI went to see Chelsea in Bloom :)There was a day of Zoom meetings :(There was a lot of moving furniture aroundSeveral hundred books were taken … Continue reading Me on Monday
I created a single layout to record July and chose the afternoon when friends came around for coffee and cake. 🙂 I wrote the journaling on tags (which I overlapped and glued together) and then tucked them behind the photo. For August, I had originally thought I'd scrapbook our Lakeland Weekend, but in the end, … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | July and August
September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 11: The events of twenty years ago still make me extremely emotional. Day 12: The return to the cinema … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 11-15
Ingredients: 250g orzo pasta 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 chicken breasts cut into small chunks 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning 3 cloves of garlic, finely minced 3 tomatoes, diced 1 tub of cream cheese (I used Philadelphia Light) 3/4 cup of reserved pasta water 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 1/2 cup of freshly grated Parmesan … Continue reading Cream Cheese and Chicken Orzo With Tomatoes
I've lost my way a little with my scrapbooking recently, storage space for new albums is almost non-existent and I'm about done with taking a large bag of stash with me when we travel. But that doesn't mean I wasn't up to the job of recording our recent road trip to South Lakeland. Enter the … Continue reading Recording Our Northern Road Trip
It was a quiet week, one where we were happy to stay mostly close to home. We took friends to our favourite garden centre for brunch We went out with Tilly twice a dayI requested a timeslot for the first parents/teacher meeting of the new school year. It will be over ZoomWe spent the morning … Continue reading Me on Monday
I've been keeping an eye out for favourite books being made in to a film or TV series. Here's a short list of what I'll be hoping to watch: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs and … Continue reading Favourite Books Making It Onto The Screen
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