Category Archives: Books & AudioBooks

Walking around Miltenberg

Posted on 2024-08-27 by Holly

George’s cousins essentially live in town, so we hiked down the hill Latest renovations resulted in the Post Office on the far side of the Main River from where they live. So it literally was “over the river and past … Continue reading →

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Not quite a throne

Posted on 2024-03-30 by Holly

and I was the recipient of the Kitty STARE for a good proportion of the morning. There were obviously several things I had done totally and completely wrong and thus had earn the ire of the cat. The first was … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on 2024-01-11 by Holly

It wasn’t until the Youngest looked at my current cross stitch project that all the pieces fit together in my head. Oh! she said – Quidditch! What? Oh yeah – Snitch in the center and the four house colors… Darn … Continue reading →

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and stacks of audiobooks

Posted on 2024-01-08 by Holly

Today’s simple task was to excavate a cupboard which turned out to be packed full of books on CDs & DvDs.  Many of them are a decade or more old, and came back from Germany with us (access to the … Continue reading →

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Four Elements

Posted on 2023-06-08 by Holly

I did mention stitch-a-longs didn’t I? It looks like this is the week to get blasted. Today was the release on Part 2 = Earth on Tiny Modernists Four Seasons. This is where I finished with Water – and now … Continue reading →

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Summing up the month

Posted on 2022-01-31 by Holly

This ends January. The first month of the year on the Western Calendar. A time of no resolutions (hence no guilt because we all know they don’t last longer than it takes to write them down. At least for me…. … Continue reading →

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Old Listens

Posted on 2020-06-14 by Holly

Really, I will not tell you how many audio books that I own. Or have a license to (after all, there is Audible, iTunes, Chirp, GraphicAudio). What I will say that is currently I have very little tolerance for blood … Continue reading →

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Library CDs

Posted on 2019-04-06 by Holly

It probably will not surprise you at all to learn that not everyone who borrows audiobooks from the library bothers to take care of them. End result, of course is that listening to them, ripping them to a hard drive … Continue reading →

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Counting down

Posted on 2019-04-04 by Holly

In some ways, it seems like my semester just started yesterday. But in reality, there is only the remainder of this week and next. Followed by a week of study. Followed by exams. Time flies when you are having fun? … Continue reading →

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In my ears

Posted on 2018-04-26 by Holly

Since this is yet another day at sea, I thought I would detour into audiobooks. If you don’t read, or don’t listen to books you are welcome to hit delete, move on to another blog or do whatever makes you … Continue reading →

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Carl won’t leave

Posted on 2017-07-03 by Holly

No I don’t have a house guest who has been here longer than three days. What we have is a marine layer – fog in the evening completely obscuring the sky. Since Berkeley can occasionally be thought of as a … Continue reading →

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It isn’t so much that

Posted on 2017-07-01 by Holly

the As keep trying to lose. It is more a matter of fouling up a good thing. For example, an error by the shortstop in the first inning turned a routine out into a two base grab. Said runner later … Continue reading →

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No Alarm

Posted on 2017-02-24 by Holly

It is quiet here, except for the purring cat. The occasional train rumbles by with the tracks within a couple of miles. I can hear the whistle in the distance as the freight trains roll across the various crossings. And … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on 2017-02-23 by Holly

For side effects, symptoms. boredom or sleep. Thinking about it, I’ll go for the sleep. I didn’t get much last night probably secondary to both the cats and the lovely prednisone I was complaining about last chemo cycle.  While I … Continue reading →

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Nap Time

Posted on 2017-02-22 by Holly

It was a long day. A really long day if you want the truth. Taking the 0558 BART meant that I arrive at Powell Street in time to catch the 0650 shuttle. One minute earlier and I could have boarded … Continue reading →

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Resolutions

Posted on 2017-01-02 by Holly

What did I say? Nothing major on the table this year. No “must read so many books or finish x many hats or ……” I’m not even committing myself to having the garage organized by the end of the year. … Continue reading →

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And what didn’t get completed.

Posted on 2017-01-01 by Holly

Mind you, this is not a whine. Nor is it a request for sympathy. But we all have those projects on our list at the beginning of the year which we plan to have completed by the end of the … Continue reading →

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Living with dogs

Posted on 2016-12-06 by Holly

On a much cheerier topic (or not as the case may be) I might have just mentioned that Daughter #2 and her husband Alex relocated to our area this fall. Winters in Chicago are challenging at the best of times … Continue reading →

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it has really been that long

Posted on 2016-08-30 by Holly

It used to be that I never, ever went to bed without finishing up my post for the day. Of course, when you are deployed to Bosnia (1998) it isn’t like there is a whole lot of competing evening entertainment. … Continue reading →

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Royal Naval Dockyard

Posted on 2016-08-29 by Holly

It was almost 1400 when we were cleared to disembark in Bermuda. It may surprise you to learn that I have never been here before. It has not be a stop on Royal’s routine TransAtlantic repositioning cruises but a good … Continue reading →

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