Back On The Happiness Trail

I am once again reading "The Happiness Project". Kathy convinced me to keep going and so I did... now I am really enjoying it. I am in mid-August and just enjoying most of what she has to say. I am not doing her thing but just enjoying reading it. I may go back and try some of her ideas when I finish reading. It WAS a good pick, Christie. Thank you for an enjoyable read and a chance to share it with you!

Why are You Balling???!

That's what Mike said when he came in the house yesterday afternoon as I sat here reading "The Sweet By and By". Thanks, Christie. The book was really good but such a tear-jerker!
Any of us who have had to spend time with either old people or in a nursing home or both will relate to the book.

I'm not sure what book is next. It took quite a while to pick up and read this one. but it was really worth it.

Oh heyyy

So I know I've been completely absent from here for a long time, but mostly it's because I haven't been doing much reading this year. Since I've been in Creede, I haven't done much sitting around of any kind; I'm either working or outside or doing something other than spending time in my room. But now that the weather has improved, I'm likely to spend time outside reading. I did just finish reading Water for Elephants for the second time. I loved it just as much this time around as I did the first time. If you haven't read it yet, do it. It is excellent. The only other reading options I have are two books I bought at a store that was changing owners and the new owners were getting rid of everything from the old place. I'm not sure which one I'll start with, but the two books are: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West by Dee Brown. If I make any progress on either of them, I will be sure to share my thoughts on here.

Goodbye Shire

I FINALLY finished The Lord of the Rings. It was an excellent book - filled with long sentences and words that were sometimes hard to digest, but really an awesome tale. It is so fascinating to me that Tolkien created this new world, with various regions and powers, and even new languages. He not only gives you the three books of the story, but over a hundred pages of Apppendix to add to the meaning and depth of his characters and lands. And although I haven't seen the movies in awhile, I feel like they kept so much stuff out! So, as is usually the case, the book far exceeded the wonder of the movies.

Next I'm going to read something a little less intense: Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber. It's a book Grama gave me about a group of women who meet once a week to discuss their lives and their stories. I'm sure it will be one of the women-oriented books I enjoy so much, and hopefully much easier to get through than the long saga of J. R. R.