Lisa R. Howeler's Blog, page 26
December 25, 2024
Remembering Grandma and my one childhood Christmas that was white
I was listening to Michael Bublé singing White Christmas the other day and thinking about how when I was growing up we almost never had a white Christmas because every year we drove from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to visit with my mom‘s family. The part of North Carolina they lived in — closer to …
Continue reading Remembering Grandma and my one childhood Christmas that was white
Remembering Grandma and the one childhood Christmas that was a white Christmas
I was listening to Michael Bublé singing White Christmas the other day and thinking about how when I was growing up we almost never had a white Christmas because every year we drove from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to visit with my mom‘s family. The part of North Carolina they lived in — closer to …
Continue reading Remembering Grandma and the one childhood Christmas that was a white Christmas
December 23, 2024
Some highlights from our Comfy, Cozy Christmas Link Up!
Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs) and I have been thrilled to see all the amazing posts being linked in our Comfy, Cozy Christmas link up for 2024!! I wanted to highlight a few of those posts today and hope to highlight some more after Christmas. I hope you will take the time to check …
Continue reading Some highlights from our Comfy, Cozy Christmas Link Up!
December 21, 2024
Sunday Chat: Merry Christmas, Christmas movies, and looks like we will have a white Christmas afterall
Welcome to my Sunday Chat where I ramble about what’s been going on in my world, what the rest of the family and I have been reading, watching, listening to, and what I’ve been writing. As always, I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date. I live in an area …
Classic Movie Impression: The Bishop’s Wife
This weekend I watched The Bishop’s Wife (1947), which I have watched before but couldn’t remember the end of, so I watched it again. The movie stars Cary Grant as an angel named Dudley who comes to earth to help Bishop Henry Brougham, (David Niven). Henry is so wrapped up in securing funding for a …
Continue reading Classic Movie Impression: The Bishop’s Wife
December 19, 2024
Last Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot of 2024!
This link-up is hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me. Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT. This is a link-up where we not only allow you to share your past posts, but we encourage it. …
December 18, 2024
My books aren’t making money and I’m never going to be famous but writing fiction is fun
I am very excited to be getting closer to the release of Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree. I don’t have an exact release date just yet but the manuscript is in the editing stage with corrections being made. From there it will go through another round of edits and another round of corrections and …
December 17, 2024
Books on my Winter 2024-2025 TBR
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends …
December 16, 2024
Christmas Movie Impression: Trading Christmas
It’s fun to recommend Christmas movies I have watched, and I have recommended this one — Trading Christmas — in compilation posts other years but thought I’d break it out for a separate post this year. Trading Christmas is an older Hallmark movie (2011) and I know I might be scolded for this but I …
Continue reading Christmas Movie Impression: Trading Christmas
December 15, 2024
Sunday Chat: Winter weather, Christmas events, Christmas movies, and a dud mystery book
Welcome to my Sunday Chat where I ramble about what’s been going on in my world, what the rest of the family and I have been reading, watching, listening to, and what I’ve been writing. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date. It is hard for me to explain to people from …
