I'm back to say.....

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND BLESSINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR!!!!

This Year's Resolutions

Well, here it is Advent again, and that means it is time for this year's resolutions.  I make them on the First Sunday in Advent instead of on January 1st.

 1: Pray more chaplet every day than I did last year.s.  This can mean either praying different chaplets, or praying the same chaplet twice or more in one day.

2: Read at least one nonfiction book a week, not counting plays/autobiographies/biographies/memoirs/journals/diaries.

Books Read In The Past Week

A # indicates a book read for the first time

Books are listed by author (or series creator)

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better 

"The Way of the Fathers
Praying with the Early Christians" 

by Mike Aquilina

[Catholic spirituality]

"The Home Has A Heart"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[nonfiction; Christian (Protestant) themes, recipes, 
anecdotes]
(December chapter only)

''P.S. Longer Letter Later''

(openlibrary.org loan)
''Snail Mail No More''
(physical copy)
by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
[children's/YA fiction]

''B is for Betsy''
''Betsy and Billy''
''Here's A Penny''
(physical copies)
''Penny and Peter''
''C is For Cupcake'' #
(openlibrary.org loans)
''Penny Goes To Camp''
[physical copy]
by Carolyn Haywood
[children's fiction]


"Whose Cat Is That?" 

by Virginia Kahl
[picture book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

''If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?'' 

by M. E. Kerr

[YA fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)

''Lassie and the Kittens'' #
by Robert Maxwell and Co.
[picture book based on the tv show]
(openlibrary.org loan)

''The New Diary''

by Tristine Rainer
[nonfiction]

''Sideways Stories From Wayside School''
''Wayside School Is Falling Down''
by Louis Sachar
[children's fiction] 
( openlibrary.org loans)

''Dorrie's Book''
by Marilyn Sachs
[children's fiction]

 "Pink Slippers, Bat Mitzvah Blues"

by Ferida Wolff

[children's fiction, Jewish] 
 

Draft, Parts One and Two

When I began writing this post, I gave it the title New Collection: Yes?  No?


DRAFT, PART ONE
I'm thinking about starting a new collection, since my current collections seem to have leveled off.  At least, I haven't been able to add to them lately.
So, what shall I collect?  Space and cost will be factors in my decision, since this will be a physical collection.]
I definitely won't collect stamps; too expensive, and with my perceptual problem and poor eye-hand co-ordination, I don't think I'd be able to put them into a stamp album properly.  More to the point, I've never been interested in collecting stamps.
Also, whatever I decide to collect, should I have a general collection, or limit it to a specific category?   For example, if I collect postcards, should I have all kinds, or just scenic cards?
New postcards, vintage, or both?                                                                   
Of course, I may not decide on postcards at all.
Actually,
[I stopped here]

And now, I will finish this draft and turn it into a post.

DRAFT, PART  TWO

So did I start a new collection?

The answer turns out to be a loud YES... I've started a new offline, physical collection... BOOKMARKS. I have three so far, and each one came free with a book I'd recently ordered.
I plan, in the future, to BUY some bookmarks online, both new and vintage.
Right now my collection is in a plastic bag, the kind that changes color on top when sealed, but I might, sometime in the future, move it to a box.

FINAL NOTE:

I could, of course, have simply rewritten the original draft, but this was SO much more fun!

Books Read In The Past Week

A # indicates a book read for the first time

Books are listed by author (or series creator)

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better 

"The Way of the Fathers
Praying with the Early Christians" 

by Mike Aquilina

[Catholic spirituality]

"The Way of a Pilgrim

and The Pilgrim Continues His Way"

author unknown
Translated by Helen Bacovcin
Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
[Spiritual life: Fiction? Non-fiction?]

''Lavender Laughs In The Chalet School''

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

[children's fiction] 

''If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?'' 

by M. E. Kerr

[YA fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
{I found a way to read books here again,
 in spite of continued computer problems.
Still can't read books in my Kindle Cloud Reader}

''The New Diary''

by Tristine Rainer
[nonfiction]

''There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom''

by Louis Sachar

[children's fiction]

 ''Franny and Zooey'

"Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters"

"Seymour- An Introduction''
by J. D. Salinger

 ''Two P'S In A Pod" 

 by Susan Terris

 [children's fiction]

Never Again? Wrong.

I've read several books set before, but written after, WWI in which somebody says that there wouldn't ever be another war, that wars were part of history.                                                                                  

 I used to think the same thing about presidential assassinations; they were a part of history; America would never again lose a president in that way. 

I believed that until this day in 1963.                        

Books Read In The Past Week

A # indicates a book read for the first time

Books are listed by author (or series creator)

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"

by Marci Alborghetti

daily devotional reading for 2017

I liked the book I used last year better 

"The Happiness of Heaven" 

by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.

[Catholic spirituality]
(finished on Saturday)

''The Chalet School In Exile''

''The Chalet School At War''

''The Highland Twins At The Chalet School''

''Lavender Laughs In The Chalet School''

by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

[children's fiction]

''Lark Rise to Candleford''

by Flora Thompson

[autobiography]