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 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
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Subtitle: 627 Delicious, Down-to-earth Recipes from Authentic Country Kitchens Author: Mennonite Central Committee Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, October 1, 2011 My Rating: A I’ve contributed to and helped publish church cookbooks over the years. Those books usually contains favorite recipes from the congregation’s best cooks. Well, here’s one that is the mother, no make that [...]
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 [...]
Up until a few weeks ago I would call myself a complete wine novice. To me, wine has always been just another drink choice. I’ve been sitting here in Sonoma Country, California – wine country – for a year and a half without really understanding what all the fuss was about. Then a friend took [...]
“The horizon was like a perfect circle, a great embrace, and within it lay the cornfields, still green, and the yellow wheat stubble, miles and miles of it, and the pasture lands where the white-faced cattle led lives of utter content,” wrote Willa Cather in The Best Years. Among those fortunate enough to have been [...]
CHEF’S WALKS SEATTLE Author: Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance Publisher: Amazon Kindle, 2011 Although this book is only available to Kindle owners, I wanted to tell everyone about it because it’s such a great idea. Here’s the basic premise: Ask a well-known chef/restauranteur/cookbook author to write about the best places to eat and visit in [...]
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What You’ll Find On My Blog: *Book Reviews Click the button to go to my 2012 Book List
2012 CHALLENGES:
- Library books: 3/30
- Agatha Christie: 29/87
- American Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- British Battle of Prizes: 0/3
- European Challengwe: 0/5
- Foodies Read 2: 1/20
- What’s In A Name 5: 0/6
- Classics: 0/6
- Persephone: 0/3
- Virago: 0/3
Total books read: 8
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