“There were days when the world was one thing above all else: sky.”
#FirstLineFridays
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Immortal Longings 1h
Immortal Longings
“There were days when the world was one thing above all else: sky.”
#FirstLineFridays
Immortal Longings
#5JoysFriday
1) watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony with my husband & son 🏆
2)Train to Yankee Stadium - pictures from the game 🏟️⚾️
3) coffee with an ex-student & friend ☕️👱🏻
4) flower/river walk🌼🌸🏞️
5) always coffee!!! ☕️
Watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Apparently Lady GaGa‘s singing/dance routine was not rehearsed. She is amazing. 🎶 👩🏻🎤💃
A family champagne toast with lunch! 🍾🥂🥪
#liberty #foundingprinciples
pickHistorical fiction set during World War II.Gertie,a London bookstore owner,still deeply mourning the death of her husband 2 years earlier,agrees reluctantly to take in Hedy,a teenage Jewish refugee.This decision totally transform her life. When the Blitz occurs,Gertie,Hedy, neighbors, & friends extend their Bookclub & discussions underground while sitting out air raids.Books as a unifying force that crosses all barriers is a major theme, as well🔽
pickThe magpie nursery rhyme is a key component of this book.As magpies appear in various numbers,Julie Lancaster reads their portents.This is a cozy read with murder,romance, & of course,magpies.Julie Lancaster quits her job on her father‘s BBC nature show,upset at his remarriage.Her father,desperate, appeals to her for help,but she rebuffs him.When he disappears,she joins his assistant Michael Sedgwick in investigating his disappearance.
Thursday morning coffee and a book. #readyourkindle #TateandBellMystery #book1 #porchlife
So excited! Just saw a hummingbird bird feeding on my red bee balm! I have only sighted one other this summer. #rightplacerighttime
Today I met a former student of mine,who graduated in 2019 & has faced incredible challenges in her life with grace: her brain tumor (cancer), tragic death of both parents. She continues to inspire me. Of course we talked of books; she works 2 days a week at a local library. We are in touch but I have not seen her in person since last autumn. Meeting in August. ☕️🥐📚 #WhatsNewWednesday
1) from my name, Katherine Spencer-Molloy.
2) cook, drive, wash dishes, walk. Always something active.
3)Murder in an English Village, a #BerylandEdwinaMystery - these ladies are such fun! I am currently listening to the next in the series, Murder Flies the Coop.
#serieslove2024
Starting this library book this afternoon,with some ice coffee & a granola bar.
Treating myself to a latte & ham& cheese croissant for lunch. Drinks 1/2 of at Starbucks today.
Starting this kindle book. #readyourkindle #kindleunlimited
pick2 new cozy mysteries through Kindle unlimited.Annie Murray has found sanctuary from her best friend‘s murder years ago in the welcoming town of Redwood Grove and its bookstore,The Secret Bookcase. In # 1 Annie organizes a townwide book festival.When a murder occurs, Annie & her coffee shop friend Pri pledge to solve the crime.Quirky,lovable characters abound:the owner of the bookstore who is convinced he is a descendent of Agatha Christie,🔽
Plan to continue with buddy reads. #adventuresinphilosophy #asbyatt
In Process: finish up what I can #readyourkindle #secretbookcasemystery #cozy
#berylandedwinamystery #audiobook #librarybook #serieslove2024
Started #HyggeHourReadathon early tonight- plan to walk near sunset when it‘s cooler. Looks like Poe read himself to sleep! 😂😂#catsoflitsy
There lies an empty bowl that once had peach crisp with whipped cream. Poe likes to lick the whipped cream when i am done. 🍑 🐈😺
I think Poe agrees with my decision to bail from this book. Just bored. #hailthebail #libraryfind #Poe #catsoflitsy
Sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini created major controversy with his rendition of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, based on her own autobiography, The Autobiography of Saint Teresa of Avila.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa
Almost a complete page-now I am going down the rabbit hole so to speak regarding Theresa of Avila.
https://www.stmatthewscathedral.org/faith/mystical-word/2023/10/15/mysticism-st-...
Regan converses with her “demon of doubt”because she failed 1 day of a 3 day ordeal of questioning by professors,a step required to pass before be allowed to research her dissertation.
She is an “imposter”, an interloper in this philosophical world.
WOW. Finished this & am still in April & Eddie‘s world. Just WOW. 😱😱
Looking forward to to our last discussion next Sunday. #sundaybuddyread
Sunday morning #buddyread time, plus a #libraryfind. I love this mug, “Read and grow”. It‘s just me, my porch, a soft breeze at 69 degrees,birds, & books. Totally content. #sundaybuddyread #adventuresinphilosophy #HighlandBookshopMysteries
Starting this tonight. So many library books to read through! #aMrandMrsDarcyMystery #serieslove2024
I just had to bail. Could not could not waste my time reading this. Even though it was for #camplitsy24, I could not get beyond 60 or so pages. #hailthebail
pickInitially I was not sure of this book-put it down, then picked it ip again.I am glad I did.Cat is an overweight, overwrought Guernsey teen,who is desperately trying to fit in.A new student,Nic befriends her.They become inseparable, drinking together,shoplifting together,chasing boys together.Suddenly Nic turns on her.A life altering event sets Cat to writing her story & confession.Meanwhile she is still reeling from her father‘s death.In an 🔽
pickAnother enjoyable historical mystery involving coo extraordinaire,Kat Holloway.tThis time there is a flavor of the Orient, its tea, & the botanical Kew Gardens & its treasures. On the way to market, Kat literally runs into scholar Li Ba Chang.He shows up at her kitchen to thank her with a box of very special tea.The next door neighbor, an avid collector of Chinese artifacts is murdered in his bed. When Li is accused of his murder, Kat joins 🔽
pickIn an effort to maintain her home post WWI,the proper English Edwina advertises for a roommate.As she endeavors to answer the ad,the boisterous American adventurous,Betyl Helliwell literally crashes her car at Edwina‘s doorstep.These two contrasting personalities were once school friends,so they slip into renewing their friendship is Almost immediately there is an attempt on Edwina‘s life,so the two investigate.Their queries lead them to a seek 🔽
#bookreport
~top row: finished books
~middle row: buddy reads
~ bottom row: books I am reading/listening to now.#abelowstairsmystery #readyourkindle #audiobook #aberylandedwinamystery
-bailed on All Fours. #camplitsy24
Keft to right:
1) a walk through a hosta & daylily farm near us
2) a walk down my street in early morning hours(7:00 am)
3) the river I walk by, viewed from a bridge
4) lat night‘s pre sun set sky with streaks of pink
5) last night picnic & play,Shakespeare‘s The Taming of the Shrew with a dear friend.
#5JoysFriday
It has been too many days since I could not enjoy my porch due to the heat & humidity. So far today (9 a.m) it‘s a pleasant 73 degrees. Yay! I have missed being on my porch. Finished & posted a review of Murder on Wall Street& now I am continuing reading Possession. #porchlife #coffeeandbooks
pickMidwife Sarah B. Malloy & her Detective husband,Frank Molloy are tasked with a murder to solve when their ex-gangster friend Jack Robinson goes to them, worried he will be targeted as the murderer for reasons he wishes to keep from society‘s eyes.The prominent society banker who is murdered is despised & hated all over the city for his despicable deeds.This is a tale of how one man‘s violent behavior wreaked havoc in the lives of people.🔽
pickSister Fidelma,an advocate at Brehon‘s courts,is called to investigate the murder of the chieftain of the farming village of Araglin by the chieftain‘s estranged wife.A local deaf-mute is charged with his murder.This “peaceful”place harbors a multitude of sins & a web of secrets.With the help her friend,Br. Eadulf,Fidelma unravels each complicated thread to reveal the shocking person behind 5 seemingly unconnected murders that have occurred.
Today‘s audio walk. I slept in so the temp was 85ish - I cut my usual route short because i was feeling the heat.
The river was still & peaceful today. #audiowalk #ABerylandEdwinaMystery
Of course I had to look up this festival along with its history.
https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/lughnasadh
Breakfast with Sister Fidelma. #locallibrary #MysteryofAncientIreland
The cover is #beige #coverlove #day16
My week ahead:
~Read sections required for 3 books in first row. #sundaybuddyread #adventuresinphilosophy #asbyatt
~continue listening to Murder in an English Village #berylandedwinamystery #audible
~ Read what I can of the others-mood reading #readyourkindle #commissionaireguidobrunettimystery #bookspin #libraryfind
Finished the next section. OMG so much is going on-action is speeding up. So so difficult to stop reading!!!! I want to know…#sundaybuddyread
John Locke introduced Masham to Astell‘s & Norris‘s philosophical works.She disagreed with some of their thinking,writing in response,”A Discourse Concerning the Love of God.”She took umbrage at their endorsement of Malebranche,who‘s beliefs that a mother was cursed-her imagination could result in a baby‘s physical distortions,but more importantly,that the transmission of original sin, thus human evil was the mother‘s fault(110).
A library find that I started last night. From paragraph 2: “Killing myself wouldn‘t be too clever, but then neither was killing Nicolette.” I am intrigued. #libraryfind #porchlife #coffeeandbooks
#bookreport July 7-13, 2024.
Finished up multiple books this week. Still reading:
~How to Think Like a Woman #adventuresinphilosophy
~Murder Road #sundaybuddyread
~ Possession #byattbuddyread
Just started:
-Body in the Bookstore #readyourkindle
~The Girl of His Dreams #CommisdarioGuidoBrunettiMystery
~Murder in an English Village #audiobook #ABerylandEdwinaMystery
After I read through the 100 books again, I chose 29 I may want to read at some point. A few I already own. #TBR #NYTinesBookReview
My husband sent this list to me. I have read 20 out of the 100 books listed. It‘s a start! #newyorktimesbookreview #top100
Every Friday when I reflect on my “ joys” of the week, I am full of gratitude. Thanks @DebinHawaii for starting this!
Top Left to right:
1) Walking with my neighbor this morning!
2) Got my teeth cleaned! Feels great!
3)the sky before sunrise this morning
4) We won our tournament soccer game-
players scored 2 goals in last 10 minutes to tie the game- 2 overtimes & a shoot out- we advance to next game!
5) my garden
#5JoysFriday
