animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

q is for quarry

I read this one before, but it must have been pre-blog. Did I remember any of the plot? No, so it was like reading it for the first time. In fact, I’ve also read R, S, and T before, so I’m on a bit of a re-run. My rating: 3.5/5

the long walk

This movie was based on a Stephen King short story of the same name–one of my favorites, in fact! I really enjoyed it. This was released last year, along with a bunch of other awesome Stephen King adaptations. It’s great to see that these newer film/tv adaptations are finally doing …

birthday dinner

My brother and I had our annual birthday dinner at Rizzo’s last night, hosted by our parents. Rizzo’s food is always good, and my mom made a cheesecake for dessert! Plus, I got presents. How can you beat that?

brothers

This was a pretty good accounting of the Van Halen brothers. As a longtime fan, I can’t say I learned anything new, though. I’m not sure why, but it ended at the David Lee Roth era, which would be fine if it were a book about the band, but it …

cabbage creek falls

With the recent rain, this was a good time to visit a waterfall. In my quest to visit all of the waterfalls within an hour of my house, I decided on Cabbage Creek Falls for today’s trip. Ralphie went along for the ride. The falls were a short walk from …