First, let me say this is not a room in the farmhouse. Would I love it as a place for all the books that are currently still in boxes in ou...

Brynwood Needleworks - Joy Harding's Debut Book   my friend, Julie ("Joy Harding" is her nom de plume) is now a published writ...

Vintage Image - Girl Reading Book One of the things I've been doing for the past year is proof reading manuscripts for a dear friend who...

Sydney Rye Mysteries by Emily Kimelman   When reality gets to be a bit much, the best thing is to slip between the covers of a good b...

Brynwood Needleworks - The Wind In The Willows Book Cover   I realized that I'd promised to share what I'm reading throughout...

Brynwood Needleworks - Old Copy of "Birds of America" I love books. I love old books. I love new books. I love the heft, the ...

Liljegren's Hickory Hill Farm It was unseasonably warm this past weekend, and our nearly-100 year old farmhouse doesn't have a...

  I worked as an Inspector at one of our local polling places yesterday. It was a "minor" election, with only one item on our...

 If I can't sit in the studio much these days, I always have my basket of good books to occupy my days (and nights). I originally p...

I've continued to read this summer and am currently working on a book given to me by daughter-in-law #1. Its title is Reading Lolita i...

web image I love to read. I caught the bug when I was a child and it's never gone away. I remember the summer reading programs I too...

I finished "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein this past week. It was such a good book, but be sure to have a box of ...

I'd love to share some wonderful story with you today to explain why I'm not sharing a newly completed project. Perhaps a story of...

I recently told you that I was going to read " Edgar Sawtelle " by David Wroblewski, and I was really looking forward to this book...

You may wonder why you haven't seen many projects from me lately. I have a perfectly great reason! I've been reading this summ...