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

The Red Pony

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

The Spice of Life Challenge

Rebecca of Rebecca Reads is sponsoring The Spice of Life Challenge. The goal of this Spice of challenge is to read and review books about food and eating our way through a good life. It will run from July 1, 2009 until December 31, 2009 There are four categories of food books: Cookbooks Nonfiction books [...]

Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It

Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It and Other Cooking Projects by Karen Solomon Ten Speed Press, 2009 A Back in the ‘olden days’ when we were back-to-the-landers I did a ton of preserving food. I canned tomatoes, green beans and peaches, froze corn, apples and shredded zucchini, made jams and pickles and sauerkraut. It was [...]