September! This is a month for new beginnings. For some children it is the start of a new school year. For me, it is the start of feeling more confident as an artist and video maker. And… I just learned that September 1 is “Creation Day” and the beginning of the Season of Creation which lasts until October 4!
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Linda Book Lady’s August 2024 Reading Report & Diary
August in my part of California is called “fire season.” So far this year there have been no new forest fires near my town, but I wake up each morning and look at the “Watch Duty” app to see if any new fires started in the middle of the night. When I woke up on a September day in 2020, a fire had started on a ridge six miles north of me. By midnight that day over 200 homes were incinerated including mine, my son’s, and my daughter’s. Even though our forest north of town burned, it could happen again in my neighborhood due to grasses and many trees that escaped the first fire. I think about it every day.
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Linda Book Lady’s July 2024 Reading Report & Diary
Midway through the year, July has come again. This is the time to re-evaluate goals and set the course anew.
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Linda Book Lady’s June 2024 Reading Report & Diary
What does June mean to you? To me it means: June on the Range! (A Booktube adventure where we all read westerns.) It probably also means hot weather, but let’s not talk about that.
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Linda Book Lady’s May 2024 Reading Report & Diary
Come what may in May – I expect to do a lot of lawn mowing, book reading, and cooking this month.
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Linda Book Lady’s April 2024 Reading Report & Diary
Hello everyone – what a beautiful springtime! The weeds are green enough to look like a lawn, and blackberry vines are putting out new leaves. I see plenty of opportunities for yard work and all I really want to do (for the most part) is read and create art. I believe there’s room enough in my life for everything that really needs to be done.
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Linda Book Lady’s March 2024 Reading Report & Diary
March is the month of Booktube readathon madness. There are so many group reading activities, nobody can keep up or do them all. I’ve decided to do none of them. I’m doing my best to just keep up with my own list of reading challenges. I will explain in this reading report.
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Linda Book Lady’s February 2024 Reading Report & Diary
February is the month of love, and books are something I love, so on February 14 I’m going to be reading. How about you?
Linda Book Lady’s January 2024 Reading Report & Diary
I’m loving living in my new house! Three years and 104 days after the forest fire destroyed my home (and 200+ others) I moved into a new house and I’m so grateful for it!
Linda Book Lady’s December 2023 Reading Report & Diary
My house might be ready for me to move into before Christmas! Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Linda Book Lady’s November 2023 Reading Report & Diary
The year is getting old and the weather is turning cold. I hope I can move into my new house before the trailer water hoses freeze again! Last winter was brutal.
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Linda Book Lady’s October 2023 Reading Report & Diary
Last month ended with emergency surgery! On Thursday evening (9/28) I had a gall bladder attack that wouldn’t go away. I was up all night and the next day had surgery to remove the aforementioned unnecessary pain-causing organ. I spent the night in the hospital because I didn’t have anyone to drive me home – a 2 hour drive. Since it is a long drive there’s plenty of time to enjoy an audiobook while driving. I’m feeling fine and am at home now, relaxing with a book.
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