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

Saying It Well

Justice

Forever

The Sense of an Ending

Wish You Were Here

A Moveable Feast

Clarissa

The Odyssey

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

Monthly Wrap-Up: February

February was a pleasant month for reading. I liked everything I read and had a couple of good surprises. Here are my numbers: Fiction: 3 Non-Fiction: 6 This is an exact duplicate of January. I just seem to love those non-fiction books. Challenges completed: 0 Challenges started: 0 Favorite character I met during the month: [...]

Short Story Monday: Roses, Rhododendron

by Alice Adams This short story was told in the first person and the reader never knows her name. I call her Alice after the author’s name. It felt as if this really was Alice’s story. When Alice was ten-years-old her mother, Margot, moved them both to North Carolina because the ouija board said to [...]

Bloggiesta Wrap-Up

Bloggiesta is billed as a fiesta for book bloggers who get together to accomplish some of the necessary work that needs to be done on their respective blogs. But do the words fiesta and work really go together? In this case – yes. Although we are each alone at our computers, it was great knowing [...]

Bloggiesta Update #1

Friday was one of the longest blogging days I’ve put in. I was exhausted by the time I quit. I will confess to having a lot of fun doing all this technical stuff. I wouldn’t have been able to say that a year ago, that’s for sure. I can actually hit the HTML button without [...]

I’m Off To The Bloggiesta

I’m taking a few days off from blog posting so I can work on my blog. I have a whopper of a list, probably more than I can get done in the time period. That’s how most of my Things To Do lists go. But I’ve found that if I don’t write it down, it [...]