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

A Social Justice Issue: Hunger

The Social Justice Challenge asks participants to examine a different social issue each month. For April the issue is hunger. This is not the issue of someone going to bed hungry because they’re on a diet. This issue of hunger involves people staying in bed because they are too weak. These people, often children, are [...]

April 27th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, Book Challenges, Books, Library Challenge, Social Justice | 7 comments

Social Justice Challenge Issue: Water

For most of my life I have taken water for granted. If I need it, I go to any number of faucets and turn the water on. Drinking it, cooking with it, cleaning my body, house and clothes with it, plus giving water to my grass and plants – these are all activities I have [...]

February 25th, 2010 | Category: A Book, Book Challenges, Books, Social Justice | 11 comments

Social Justice Challenge: Religious Freedom

January is kick-off month for the year long Social Justice Challenge. I joined because there are so many issues I care about. This month the issue is Religious Freedom. Why does religious freedom matter to me? I grew up in an extremely religious family. If the church was open, we were there. After supper we [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, B- Book, Book Challenges, Books, Library Challenge, Social Justice | 17 comments