animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

loretto, pa

My friend Laura and her niece were in town this weekend to visit Fallingwater. They made a weekend out of it, and we met at Mount Assisi Gardens this morning. The gardens were just as beautiful as I remembered. After that, we went up the road to the Basilica of …

trivia night

I went to Turtle’s Landing in Clearfield for another trivia night last night. It was much the same as the first time, except we had fewer people on our team, and we did much worse–thanks to a third round of matching celebrity names to pictures of their younger selves (you …

clearfield

I made my first trip to Jeff’s house on Sunday. We’ve been hanging out at my house because he is remodeling his house (it’s a gut-and-remodel type of situation, and it’s still in the early stages). Even though it’s 90 minutes away, it was a nice drive. There were 2 …

hamnet

This was a fictionalized story about a young William Shakespeare, his wife, and the tragic event that inspired him to write Hamlet. Very good! My rating: 4/5

dark places

You know, I really didn’t like this book. It took me 2 months to read it, which is uncalled for given that it was only 349 pages. I liked her previous two novels, Gone Girl and Sharp Objects. Well, I liked Sharp Objects more the second time I read it. …