WRITER’S CORNER: Sugar Creek

BLOGGER'S NOTE: This is the first in what will hopefully become a series of personal writings from yours truly on That Book Lady Blog. Recent events have pushed me to return to one of my first loves, creative writing/journaling. These will be early drafts, so please be gentle with me. I have creek water running …

Reading Notes: “Little Women”

Happy Saturday, dear book bloggers. I'm in rather high spirits this morning. Yesterday marked four years since Jared's and my first date. Due to some nasty weather, we weren't able to celebrate with a return trip to the diner and movie theater where it all began, but hopefully we can recreate our first date, as …

That crazy book lady

Everyone has a story. Mine began with books. In a corner of the playroom in my family's first home was a book case lined with colorful volumes of children's stories - many of them passed down from my much older half-brother. "The Runaway Flying Horse." "The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read." "Leaf Magic." "Walt and Pepper." …