Welcome to Litsy!

I started this morning by baking these sourdough rolls and reading this book, a sequel to Misty of Chincoteague, that I happened across as we were sorting through things at my grandparents‘ house. It‘s another story of the pony penning on the island and the kids taking care of an orphaned foal.

#BookAndBreakfast #MiddleGrade #SummersEndReadathon

Inspiring, entertaining, and surprisingly informative (about social history, history, and just plain quirky facts); sailed through this in a day. (Of course it was a day with no responsibilities, so easier.) #letterR #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

Besides the inspiration of her ride, I‘m learning all kinds of interesting trivia. Like Milton Bradley getting into the board game business because he printed a ton of this lithograph of Lincoln which was made immediately worthless when Lincoln grew a beard.

I colored this picture and wrote a story about it.

A mama horse and her baby colt or baby filly
Another horse is photobombing them by showing their ass
The other horse was told not to show their ass on picture day but they did it anyway
The other horse said,”It‘s picture day. I have to show my ass. I‘m not getting my picture taken but at least my ass will be in the picture.”

#haiku #haikuhive

I colored this picture and made up a story about it.

#haiku #haikuhive

John is a black man who trains horses on his ranch outside of a small town in Wyoming. When a gay man is murdered in the town the event vibrates through out his life in unexpected ways including bringing the son of his college roommate to stay. Percival Everett is in a league of his own and my only complaint about this book is that it is so short. The ending was so abrupt, I wanted another 150 pages.

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

I colored this picture on one of my coloring apps and I wanted to share my personal experience with horses for today‘s haiku.

#haiku #haikuhive

I colored this picture and I wanted to write a story about it.

Mama and daddy horse running in the water with their little colt
It‘s a beautiful day for horses to run around outside
Nice weather makes horses feel frisky
Go horses, run. Enjoy the day running around with your baby

#haiku #haikuhive

No. 9 in the Rutshire Chronicles series, and one of the best in the series so far; the story is good, the characters, although often caricatures, are still somehow well-developed. I do worry about Cooper‘s apparent necessity to include at least one incidence of sexual violence in each book, though. It may have seemed “acceptable” in 1985, but by 2010, when Jump! was published, I‘d like to think we‘ve moved on

Book 61/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader