Category Archives: Bucket List

I spent my late teens and most of my 20s reading mostly science fiction and the related genres of fantasy and mystery fiction.  Science fiction and fantasy remain two of my favorite genres both in literature and in film, and I particularly … Continue reading →

Our middle child will be graduating in May with an engineering degree.  She attends the Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly the University of Missouri – Rolla and originally The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy) where over 90% of its … Continue reading →

If you can judge a book as much as by what is said as is unsaid, then this is a classic.  A friend of mine (thanks Rachel!) recommended this book to me.  It is not a hard book to read, but … Continue reading →

I recently read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.  I chose to read this because of an article that I read about a parent who was attempting to ban this book from her child’s school library on the basis of … Continue reading →

A low key weekend.  That’s what was planned.  Only one thing on the calendar.  A get together with friends from high school on Saturday night.  Friends we have known for about 40 years.  Are we really that old? What it … Continue reading →

I recently read and completed a book review of Faithful Place by Tana French for the BlogHer Publishing Network. If you like detective murder mysteries, then you will enjoy this book set in Dublin, Ireland.  Read my review here. Happy … Continue reading →

I love going to the movies.  Unfortunately, as with many things that I love to do, seeing movies took a back seat to raising five kids plus a few boarders along the way, managing a household, and working outside the home.  … Continue reading →