Since I was traveling this week, my four things list is a little different.  I think that’s what I like about sharing some favorites in this format.  Each week will be different depending on the season and what I’m up to.  It’ll capture a snapshot of what I’m up to.  My four things for this week include periodicals, a Holocaust story, beaching, dining, and planning.  Enjoy! what I’m reading Although I brought a bag of books with me (naturally), I haven’t been reading any of them this week.  We’ve been busy going to the beach, driving through coastal towns, sightseeing, and eating all the good food around Hilton Head Island.   I brought along some sketchbooks, paints, and other ort supplies and I haven’t even opened the bag!  We usually have more time sitting around in the beach house, but this trip has been about exploration.  So, the reading I have

It’s time for another four things and this is a random smattering.  Commonplacing, Hemmingway, contemporary poetry, and a race with the weather.  Enjoy… what I’m reading I’ve been very interested in record-keeping the past few weeks, so I’ve been reading books on diaries, journals, letters, sketchbooks, logbooks, and commonplace notebooks.  This led me to the book How Romantics & Victorians Organized Information.  Unfortunately, it’s not available in audiobook format, so I’ve been reading a good old-fashioned paperback before bed.  As I understand it, this book is a doctoral dissertation and it’s definitely written that way.  The footnotes citing sources take up half of almost every page!  But, once I got through the introduction and preliminary information about the history of keeping a commonplace notebook, it became more interesting.  It’s not exactly a book I would recommend, but it’s worth a read (so far) if it’s a subject you want to

I used to share a monthly favorites post and stopped during our move because it became a little overwhelming!  Collecting my favorites through the month seemed more difficult in all of the upheaval and chaos of the move and renovations.  I am finding my stride again and realize I miss sharing my favorites.  I considered starting to share them again in the same format, but I decided to change it up and start something new.  Instead of sharing them monthly, I’ll share them weekly as four things – What I’m reading, what I’m watching, what I’m loving, and what I’m working on.  In this format, I can share things when they are fresh and in little bite-sized chunks for my readers.  So, here we go with the first Four Things… what I’m reading As I shared recently (in THIS POST), I typically read several books at one time, so in

Since I’ve been about as productive as a sack of potatoes, I don’t have new and exciting things to share.  Unfortunately, the dining room trim did not magically install itself and weeds did not pull themselves just because I willed them to go away.  New paintings didn’t appear on my drying shelves and blog posts did not manifest while I was binge-watching Wolf Hall.  But, I have made a good dent in my watch lists and fell down a Tudor-era rabbit hole in the process!  Since I know many of you love the same things I do, I thought I would recommend a show I’ve been enjoying – Restoration Home, available on Amazon Prime. I started watching it because of another show – Old World Homes on Max/Magnolia.  I watched the first episode and was completely charmed by the stories of how historic homes were saved and reclaimed as residences