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Comfy, Cozy Cinema: A Knight’s Tale (without spoilers)

Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are hosting Comfy, Cozy Cinema again this year and up this week is A Knight’s Tale. I remember watching this one shortly after it came out but not in the theater. It’s a fun one that I’ve watched more than once over the years. I was … Continue reading Comfy, Cozy Cinema: A Knight’s Tale (without spoilers)

A Good Book and A Cup of Tea October Link Up

Welcome to the A Good Book & A Cup of Tea (A Monthly Bookish Link Party)!! This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. My co-host for this event is Erin from Still Life, … Continue reading A Good Book and A Cup of Tea October Link Up

Classic Movie Impressions: The Talk of the Town (1942)

This past weekend I watched the movie The Talk of the Town with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman. I found this movie, among many other good ones, free on Tubi. It is also currently free on YouTube. I had seen it before as a suggested move but ignored it, thinking it was a … Continue reading Classic Movie Impressions: The Talk of the Town (1942)

Sunday Bookends: Disappointed in humanity but enjoying silly books to forget all that

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. This past week was rainy and muggy but our leaves are changing and at least our nights … Continue reading Sunday Bookends: Disappointed in humanity but enjoying silly books to forget all that

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot September 26!

Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot, where we offer a place for bloggers to link up and get a fresh set of eyes on their posts. We also feature one blog a week, letting our readers know about the blog and providing a link so readers can learn more about it. Please feel free … Continue reading Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot September 26!

Comfy, Cozy Cinema: Benny & Joon (without major spoilers)

Erin and I are hosting Comfy, Cozy Cinema again this year and first up on our movie-watching list was Benny & Joon. Benny & Joon (1993)is a quirky film I watched in 1990s and really enjoyed. It was when I first saw Johnny Depp because I never watched 21 Jump Street or anything else he … Continue reading Comfy, Cozy Cinema: Benny & Joon (without major spoilers)

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Hopeful Reads for Autumn

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s prompt was: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List I have more than ten books on my autumn hopefuls list, but I chose ten of those to share. I am leaving out those I am reading now or have already read this month: || Murder, She … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Hopeful Reads for Autumn

Book review: The Antique Hunters Guide To Murder

Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs mentioned to me a couple of weeks ago that she thought I had mentioned somewhere that I was going to read The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder. I had not but it looked interesting to me so she suggested we do a buddy read. I’ve never done a … Continue reading Book review: The Antique Hunters Guide To Murder

Sunday Bookends: Bookish link party, birthday outing, plenty of mysteries

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. Friday was my birthday, so I wrote about visiting a very nice restaurant with my husband in … Continue reading Sunday Bookends: Bookish link party, birthday outing, plenty of mysteries

Saturday Afternoon Chat: Birthday celebration, Supernatural, and changing leaves!

Good afternoon! How are you all doing? Glad you stopped by for a chat and thanks to my sister-in-law’s gift of some new teas, I can offer you some different varieties. She even brought them in a very cute little basket that Little Miss had fun rearranging yesterday. She plopped my jar of honey right … Continue reading Saturday Afternoon Chat: Birthday celebration, Supernatural, and changing leaves!