ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
For the first time in a long time, so many things have kept me from reading. I credit the same things for my lack of blog postings. Sooooo, today I am finally bringing a few recommendations to you, combining my book reviews for April and May. Let’s be honest—this is a little pitiful—we are midway into June, and here I am talking about April and May.
Nevertheless, here are my book reviews for the past couple of months.
There are a few real gems here, so I didn’t want to not tell you about them.
Dear Sunday Letter friends,
What a sad week we’ve had. The latest school shooting in Uvalde, Texas—number 27 this year 😦—has been extra-heartbreaking to me. Hopeless. Helpless. That’s how the situation seems to me. Like we are living in a Shirley Jackson short story, waiting every day to see which unsuspecting school in which American town will draw the black spot and be number 28.
I see those sweet baby faces every time I close my eyes.
I’ve tried to stay off social media. Some of the comments in my feed annoy me to my core.
Really, I should win a free taco or something for keeping my mouth shut on Facebook.
For the love of all things holy, I don’t understand why everyone with a heartbeat isn’t willing to come together to work on a solution.
Maybe two tacos. And queso.
Well, friends, after months of anticipation and preparation, the Arkansas Master Gardener garden tour has come and gone. Whew! Now that I’ve had a minute to sit back and think about it, I scribbled down a few random notes about the whole fabulous experience.Continue Reading
