Happy Monday all! I am reading some awesome books at the moment and even though I haven't read that much of them they grabbed me from their first pages!
AMAZON: "A remarkable story of a young man's loss of everything he
deemed important, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be
taught by society's most dreaded outcasts." —John Grisham "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John
Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil The emotional, incredible true story
of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a
fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely
of places—the last leper colony in the continental United States. In the
words of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler A Good
Scent from a Strange Mountain, White is “a splendid writer,”
and In the Sanctuary of Outcasts “a book that will
endure.”
This book is very hard to put down and he is a great writer.....this book is simply unbelievable....almost! Truly enjoying it and I look forward to it each night when I go to bed. The type of book you wish would never end.
AMAZON: "For many anguished months Ben and Sarah Cooper's daughter has been on
the run from the FBI, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism. But
when Abbie's body is found embedded in the ice of a remote mountain
creek, the family's devastation deepens into mystery. How did she die?
And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving
family so tragically astray?
In a journey of discovery and
redemption that takes us from the streets of New York to the daunting
grandeur of the West, The Divide tells the story of a family fractured
by betrayal. It explores the pain we inflict on those we love the most
and charts the passions and needs, the dashed hopes and
disillusionments, that connect and divide all men and women."
This is sad but good as all Nicholas Evan's books are. It is not going to give you bad dreams though. He is another great storyteller especially when it comes to people's emotions.
I keep forgetting to read The Magic Of Tidying Up because I am not used to reading from a tablet. I have got to write it on my todo list!
This book (finished) is a delight with it's beautiful illustrations and photos from the authors own home, life and childhood. Mostly it takes one season and shares how to make the most of it! There's recipes and traditions and lots of entertaining ideas and menus. There are definitely some I will try. I love the fact that I have this book....I could browse it's pages over and over for a "feel good" feeling!
I also read this magazine from cover to cover and if there is a subscription I am getting one! LOVE this magazine but if you can't afford it just go to
King Arthur's website
It is also wonderful and so informative if you love to bake! Their recipes are top notch!
I finished listening to this funny audio and it was truly enjoyable....
Now I'm listening to this one................these were shows on PBS if I remember correctly and his wife is the famous "she who must be obeyed". LOL!
This is a 2011 September issue of Real Simple so the "fashion" might be out of date but then so am I so it won't matter. At least it is the September issue.........I haven't started it yet.
As for watching this week....I've listened to Knitting Pipeline podcast, a few Bakery Bears and I started watching Mad Men on Netflix after looking for James Herriot episodes with no luck. Does anyone know where I can find them? They were British and a few years back. I like series and the first Mad Men was interesting since I grew up in that era as a 1967 high school graduate. The clothes and the decorating are interesting and all the smoking....whoa Nellie! We all smoked back then! So far so good although there's always female nudity but no male...so strange. Not that I care for either but at least lets be fair. I'll see how long I last watching this one. It may be too "adult" for me! LOL!
If you're not familiar with Mad Men, it was a very popular HBO series about Advertising executives in Manhattan, N.Y. during the 60's.
That's all for this week! I'm going to try and listen to a Chicago Bear's game tonight on
Free Football Radio
Saturday I used it and was able to listen to the Iowa Hawkeye game which, unfortunately they lost to the North Dakota Bisons. I hope I'm not a jinx!?!? It was their first loss.
Happy Trails!
A poem by George Cooper............
I wish my front porch looked like this! Isn't it just the cutest and coziest? I did have a porch very similar to this on my farm and it was screened in. My screen door was almost exactly like that one too. I'm homesick!
Here's a cute wreath for Fall.....
And guess what comes next in the Fall............
I hope you had a great "first day of Fall". I'm going to go out tomorrow and check out some garage sales, maybe the thrift store and get my ingredients for some Fall drinks like pumpkin latte and hot spiced cider...oh yeah! 
