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

Favorite Places: A New Kind of Farm

Once a week I like to share with you some of the places we see as we travel around the country. Three weeks ago we hooked up our Fifth Wheel to the truck and hit the road again. (You can see the picture of our rig in the left sidebar.)  We traveled from our son’s [...]

Favorite Places: Village Churches

Favorite Places is a weekly feature in which I show you some of the places we’ve seen on our travels around North America. I think we all admire the beautiful and historic cathedrals around the world. I also like to find the village churches. There is something about them, maybe just the fact that they [...]

Favorite Places: Denali National Park

The purpose of this weekly feature is to share some of the places we’ve been. They are places that stay with us for one reason or another. I’ve been thinking about Alaska and remembering that fantastic summer we spent there. I could spend every Sunday for a year just featuring the many beautiful places here. [...]

Favorite Places: Apple Orchards

The purpose of this weekly feature is to share some of the places we’ve been. They are places that stay with us for one reason or another. This week’s Favorite Place is:  Apple Orchards in Northern California Most people don’t think of California when they think of growing apples. If asked, most people will tell [...]

Favorite Places: Yellowstone Lake

The purpose of this weekly feature is to share some of the places we’ve been. They are places that stay with us for one reason or another. This week we are focusing on Yellowstone Lake. Almost everyone thinks of Old Faithful when they think of Yellowstone National Park. I’m not one of them. Old Faithful [...]