My husband and I, we are adopted Americans, both born in Mediterranean countries. We have adopted many American customs, we consider ourselves Americans, after over 20 years of living here, and 18 years of marriage this November. This Thanksgiving, we celebrated it with our friends and neighbors. We prepared everything the same Thursday. Easy going…
It’s been 4 months since I last wrote on this blog. I have not read your blogs either. Let me explain. Last July my mom in Madrid got complications after a colon surgery, and I traveled to be with her for 15 days. She’s doing much better. When I came back, my daughters currently in…
Whoever knows me, knows I love reading along with friends, reading books friends are reading,and plotting and figuring out ways to make my friends read what I read. Recently I read The Awakening of Miss Prim along with my good friend Kim. I told you I’d review the book after discussing it with her, and…
I have realized that this year my list of authors I want to read, and books I want to read, has become not just my 2014 list, but my lifetime list. That prompted me to have a simple spiral notebook to write about books, authors, recommendations, my thoughts. Did I say I will not…
Getting the first figs with our neighbor. So, what’s going on at the home of the Cachias? Nothing much but lots of goodness. I am having such a calmed summer, not many playdates. We will have a week of Bible classes for the children at church this coming week, and I have planned to see…
Not to forget: Julian Hawthorne, The Life of a Prodigal Son, by Gary Scharnhorst. FINISHED! Very interesting biography. Through Julian I was able to put many events and important people in context. Such a life he lived. Not the best husband, or writer, journalist, friend, father… but definitely a man that represented a crucial era…
This is as cold as it gets in Houston Not to forget: Julian Hawthorne, The Life of a Prodigal Son, by Gary Scharnhorst: Kindle tells me 76 % of the book read. To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis: 99 pages/out of 434 My Bookstore, by Ronald Rice: 59 pages/out of 373 Founding…
As soon as I saw this book, I knew I wanted to buy it, and read it… I got a message from my friend Heather three hours ago after placing my order, letting me know about it too. She is the one who mentioned the autobiography of A.A. Milne, which both Heather and I also…
More for me than for anyone, but in case anyone wants to know, these are the books we have read already in this 2014: * Speculation. I loved every bit of it. I am Andrew’s doppelganger, or twin soul. This is the Amazon’s description of the book, Andrew Wrangles has a decision to make. His…
MONDAY: Grimm in Spanish in the morning, Milly Molly Mandy* Read. Sin principio ni fin, by AVI in the evenings. TUESDAY: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane I substituted this for Arnold Lobel Fables, in the morning, A Big Treasury of Little Animals in the evening.* Read. My Own Book of Animal Stories (selection of…
Silvia Cachia 