Welcome

Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while. Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.

What I’m Reading

Gods In Alabama

Sizzle

Poems by Emily Dickinson

Read-A-Longs

Clarissa

My Book Rating System

A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C  = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it

Archives

I’ve Become a Tomato Activist

When is the last time you ate a tomato? What did it taste like? Where did it come from? If the answers to those questions are a.) within the past few months, b.) it had no taste at all, and c.) it came from the store or a restaurant, chances are you ate a modern-day [...]

Book Review: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Jill (Rhapsody In Books) was right. This multi-award winning novel was fantastic – real characters, important issues, references to classic literature, and beautiful language. Come see my review on the group blog, Quirky Girls Read.

Book Review: Three Junes by Julia Glass

I finished reading Julia Glass’ debut novel, Three Junes. It won the 2002 National Book Award. It’s a beautifully written, character-rich story about a Scottish family. My review is up at the Quirky Girls Read blog. Hit the button below or go HERE.  

The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work At 72

Author: Molly Peacock Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2010 Genre: Non-Fiction / Bioghraphy My Rating: A+       Summary (from the publisher):  Mary Delany (1700-1788) was the witty, beautiful, and talented daughter of a minor branch of a powerful family. Married off at sixteen to a sixty-one-year-old druncken squire to improve the family fortunates, then widowed by [...]

Book Review: The Day the Cowboys Quit

I just finished reading The Day the Cowboys Quit by Elmer Kelton. It’s an incredible story of frontier life in the Texas Panhandle in 1883. The conflict is between the big ranchers and the cowboys who work for them. It’s a story outlining the real life of the cowboys, not the one you hear about [...]