My husband and daughter took me to the zoo yesterday for my birthday. It was the first time we had seen our daughter in 6 months. I felt especially celebrated because Mount Rainier came out splendidly. The zoo is now offering timed entrance tickets and has done a good job of adapting to necessary COVID-19 restrictions. […]
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Our great staff here at Franke Tobey Jones provided a Cinco de Mayo party at yesterday’s weekly tailgate happy hour. We are indeed lucky to live in such a caring retirement community. © 2020 by Mary Daniels Brown
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Back in November 2019 I had to do a complete overhaul of my website. I started Notes in the Margin back in the mid 1990s, and I had accumulated a lot of content over the years. When the old website went down last fall, I had time to copy and paste a lot of that
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Related Post: Classics Club Spin #23 Earlier this month the Classics Club announced a return of its spin, in which we make a numbered list of books, then read the book on our list with the number chosen at random. Initially I welcomed the exercise, because I have been having trouble reading and writing in
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Source: World Book and Copyright Day For additional information, including the importance of April 23rd, free book offers, and events you can watch “from the comfort of your armchair,” see this article from Newsweek.
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Here’s my husband’s photo of last night’s super moon over Tacoma, WA, USA. We often can’t see the full moon here because of cloud cover, but the last couple of nights have been super clear for the super moon. Here’s a photo I took with my phone to give you an idea of how big
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I recently came across the article “Kristin Hannah Recommends 5 Books to Keep You Company During Isolation.” Since I’ve been having trouble writing much of anything at all, I decided to use the format of this post as a template for my own recommendations. Here are the categories, Kristin Hannah’s recommendations, and my own suggestions.
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Related Posts: Life in an Independent Bookstore Near Seattle Some of the Less Obvious Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic Book-Related News for Self-Isolation and Social Distancing More Arts-Related Pandemic News All of my recent posts have been lists of COVID-19—related links. I just kept collecting these links, almost obsessively. Now that we’re approaching the end
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7 Books With Striking Green Covers to Read This St. Paddy’s Day My own stack of green books appears at the top of this post. 15 IRISH CRIME WRITERS YOU SHOULD BE READING RIGHT NOW This is reprinted from 2018. 8 Irish Writers We’re Lucky to Have on Our Shelves 10 Audiobooks with Incredible Irish
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B&N, BAM Remain Open Publishers Weekly reports that Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million are currently staying open. I would imagine, though, that this situation could change at any time, so you’d probably want to check with your local store. A dystopian reading list: books to enjoy while in quarantine The U.K.’s Guardian advises that, in
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