Happy Friday! Today is National Film Score Day (I don’t have a favorite but WM’s is, naturally, Raiders of the Lost Ark), and National Tweed Day (dashing, but not for me.) It’s also TNP’s official “office holiday” to celebrate another…
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 13
What I Read: March 2026
I’m still chugging away at pleasure reading. I make myself read for 20 minutes a night, which doesn’t sound especially pleasurable but I’m always happy I did it. When my timer goes off, if I want to keep going, I…
Friday 5: Freestyling!
Happy Friday! Today is National Joe Day (always relevant), and National Scribble Day (a holiday about my penmanship?). It’s also the day before I fly to Nashville for TNP’s Annual Conference. I’m packed and ready and hoping the TSA lines…
DIY Miniature Easter basket ornaments
My mother decided to keep her Christmas tree a bit longer and made it a Valentine’s Tree and now an Easter tree. (We listen and we don’t judge.) Naturally, this called for new ornaments. While Nephews A and B contributed…
Currently: March 23, 2026
Reading: Wuthering Heights. I’ve never read it before and although I’m only four chapters in, it’s definitely wild and weird and wuthering. Drinking: Diet Dr. Pepper, as always. Watching: Bridgerton, still creeping through one episode per week. Even if you…
Friday 5: Wanderlust
Happy Friday! I’m tossing aside the usual National Day discourse because today, my friends, is the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been a long, cold winter. I’m the best version of myself in spring…
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 11
Friday 5: Toy stories
Happy Friday. It’s been a week at the House on Literary Lane, as Murphy has been battling a digestive issue since last week. I took him to the vet last night (third visit in six days) for an ultrasound. While…
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 10
Valentine 2026: Double (Door) trouble
If the winter holidays are the Super Bowl of cardmaking, Valentine’s Day is the World Series. Back in December I scribbled an idea for a Valentine’s card in my notebook. Instead of opening left-to-right, I wanted the front to open…
Friday 5: Rising Sun
Happy Friday! Today is National Dress in Blue Day (for colon cancer awareness) and Day of the Dude, which commemorates the release of The Big Lebowski. I adore that film. If I were ranking the hardest I’ve laughed in my…
