Walking Baltimore by Evan Balkan 280 pages Published 2013 Nonfiction – Guidebook So the first book I want to talk about is a series of walking tours of Baltimore. I’ve only been on two of these walks so far, but I plan to take many more of them. It’s just been SO. HOT. And … Continue reading
Once More, With Feeling
I dropped off for almost two years, came back, posted three reviews, and dropped off again. Like before, I never stopped reading, so why have I stopped posting? That’s a complicated question. The short answer is I haven’t had the energy. The long answer is a combination of health problems, household duties taking what energy … Continue reading
Book Review: Black Heart Loa
Black Heart Loa by Adrian Phoenix Published 2011 416 pages Urban Fantasy This was on my library’s “used books for sale” shelf, on the Christmas sale of 2 books for $1. The premise looked interesting – haven’t seen hoodoo-centered urban fantasy before! So I searched around to find a second book (The Elfish Gene) and … Continue reading
Book Review: Backyard Harvest
Another of the books my mother sent me for Christmas, this is actually a book I’d had from my local library and put on my wish list because it’s amazing. Stats! Backyard Harvest – A Year-Round Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables by Jo Whittingham Published 2012 256 pages Backyard Harvest is set up by … Continue reading
Book Review: The Edible Front Yard
This is a book my mother sent me for Christmas this year, and I’m OBSESSED with it. It’s really made me look at garden design in a new way – not just what I can grow to eat, but what I can grow to look good at the same time. So first, the stats: The … Continue reading
A Return, Perhaps?
I have been surprised and flattered by the occasional like or follow this blog still receives – I haven’t updated it in two years! Life has been very hectic, and stressed. But the blogging bug has bit again, and I actually started a new blog to chronicle the progress of turning our new home’s yard … Continue reading