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