Books Read in the week of August 30-September 5

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books are grouped in their sections by author,
and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s) 

"The Happiness of Heaven"

by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.

"In This House of Brede"

by Rumer Godden

[fiction]

one of my favorite novels; I loved this even

before my conversion.

Weekday Books

"Casebook of Successful Ideas for Advertising and Selling"
by Samm Sinclair Baker
[non-fiction]
(This has been a favorite book of mine for years.  
I love the anecdotes!)
{carrying over into next week}


"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
(September chapter only)

"Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!"
by M. E. Kerr
[YA fiction]
{carrying over into next week}

"The Tale of  Johnny Town-Mouse" #
by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.
( in "Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

"Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner" #
by Amy Schwartz
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"To Teach, To Love"

by Jesse Stuart

(openlibrary.org loan)

{carried over from last week}

"On Our Own"
by Libby Lazewnik
"Ghosthunters"
by Malky Siegal
"And The Winner Is"
"Stars In Their Eyes"
by Aidel Stein

"The Inside Story"

By Libby Lazewnik

"Trapped!"

by Libby Lazewnik, Miriam Zakon, Emmy Zitter

"Ima Come Home" 
by Aidel Stein 
"Hey Waiter!"
by Emmy Zitter
"Through Thick and Thin"
by Debby Garfunkel 
[children's fiction, Jewish] 

The above nine books are part of the
Baker's Dozen series, created by Miriam Zakon. 

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

This Week's Fan Fiction

  
Unsuited to Each Other
New chapter added to this
AU Katie Rose and Stacy Belford story.

Reusing Coffee

Soon after I make my Morning Offering, I make my morning coffee, a good, strong cup.
Later the same morning, I make a second cup, using the same grounds, which have not
been removed from the coffee maker.  This cup is a bit weaker, but still good.
So do I get rid of the grounds now, or, rather, when they've cooled?
No.  I make a third cup of coffee.   It's too weak for drinking purposes, but I find
it very good for pouring over Ritz crackers or Ramen noodles (omitting the flavoring
packet, of course!) or for flavoring Farina.
I guess you could call it recycling!

Non-New Year's Resolution

So what is a non-New Year's resolution?  It's a resolution one makes at some time other than the New Year's.   I think I hear

a chorus of "Well,  d'uhhhhhh!!"

Okay, so almost two weeks ago I made one... I decided that I was going to post SOMETHING  new every day, either here on this blog, (not counting my book list)  or on fanfiction.net.

So far I've stuck to it.

Why am I saying so far when I intend to stick to it anyway?

Winky's Spaces

Winky has more spaces in this house than I do... but then, don't all cats?

So what are his personal (purrsonal?) spaces?

1: A large cardboard box, turned lengthwise.

2: The back of the couch in the living room.

3: The top of the pantry, which I call Winky's loft.

4: Under/behind the living room couch.

5:  And one more place: my lap.

Fanfiction.net Site Problems

There has been a problem all day with fanfiction.net.  While the site itself is accessible, and people can still read the stories, nobody has been able to log in.
I know that the trouble isn't with my account, or my computer, because I've seen complaints, posted today, on a message board.
I hope the problem, whatever it is, will be resolved soon.  In the meantime, I'm jotting down scenes and ideas offline on Notepad.

The Fanfic I'm Most Proud Of Having Written

I've written many works of fan fiction, although not as many as some others have done, and not as many as I'd like to have written.   Of all the stories I've written, and published on fanfiction.net, there is one I'm especially proud of.
I'm not saying that it is the best I've ever written; it may even

be a bit overly sentimental in spots. 

But this story means a lot to me, because in it, I right what I

have long considered to be a terrible wrong; I change what I

always considered to be an unnecessary event in L. M. Montgomery's Rilla of Ingleside.