Happy Thursday my friends. As always, I am so happy that you are here!
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
In the past, I would sometimes write a blog post called “Coffee Table Talk” that covered different subjects. If I am not mistaken, the last one I posted was January 14, 2020! I decided it was time to once again share my thoughts around the coffee table!
This is an everyday view of my French coffee table purchased years ago from a local antique store. I might, at times, have fresh flowers like the snowball blooms, but there are always coffee table books to pick up and peruse. Small mementos usually grace the top of books!
For several years I have been reading historical fiction, often completing a book per week. I needed a change! A couple of months ago I decided to revisit the classics! I have read “Pride and Prejudice” and now reading “Sense and Sensibility”, both penned by English novelist Jane Austen. These are very descriptive novels that swept me into a different era and captured me with their old English style. This style might not be everyone’s “cup of tea” but I enjoy it immensely!
I have often mentioned my love of reading. As a first grader, my sweet Daddy took me to our public library to sign me up for my own library card. The brick building was an old two-story with what seemed like a never ending staircase that led to the children’s section upstairs. The smell of old books is still fresh in my memory! During the summer months, the Bookmobile would visit our neighborhood every two weeks. I would check out as many books as were allowed, reading all in time to check out more by the Bookmobile’s next visit! An elementary school teacher introduced me to Lois Lenski, an award winning author and illustrator of children’s literature, and I was immediately drawn to her “Regional” novels. I read the first fifteen of the seventeen in the series. By the time Lenski had written the last two, I was in junior high school and was no longer reading children’s books!
A precious friend, now a retired elementary school teacher, and I discovered many years ago that we had both loved Lois Lenski books! Kathy knew I would love and treasure “Boom Town Boy”, published in 1948!
A tree, a book, and our oldest granddaughter! EM loves to read and most likely you will find her with a book in hand!
She has read four volumes of the “Little House” series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I wanted EM and I to discuss the books she had been reading, so I purchased “Little House in the Big Woods”, The Secret Garden”, “Anne of Green Gables”, and others for my own reading pleasure!
Last week a blogging friend, Linda from Grace & Space, had a photo of a vintage Joan Walsh Anglund book in her “snapshots of life’s simplest pleasures”. In my reply to her blog post, I mentioned that I had met Joan Walsh Anglund in Atlanta many years ago.
The year was 1978 and a dear friend and I were shopping at the Rich’s department store in downtown Atlanta when we happened to see a line of people which immediately grabbed our attention. Author and illustrator of children’s books, Joan Walsh Anglund was signing her newest book! Of course, we wanted a signed copy of her latest book. I got much more than just her signature!
The dust cover has long been gone and this book is a little ragged, but my girls love it. I have read all of the stories over and over to them. Since EM began reading quite well at age five, she reads the book to EK and me. The wordless story is one of their favorites. When I first told them the story of the little boy named Seth that bought pumpkin seeds, they were enchanted. Now they make up their own stories and I am enchanted!
The girls and I were in the cottage last summer having a tea party and naturally, reading books were part of our afternoon fun. EK wanted “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas “ read and EM tried to talk her out of a Christmas story being read in the summer. EK insisted, so they snuggled up and we enjoyed a little Christmas in July!
“A Little Princess” is a favorite of mine and EM! All three of our grands love books, and for that I am thankful!
I subscribe to my favorite magazines and have stacks of them that I have not been able to purge! Do you have this problem?
My Renaissance Man and I currently start each day with readings from these volumes and the scriptures. We cherish this reading and devotion time spent together!
Do you enjoy reading? If so, what are you currently reading? What would you consider to be your favorite genre?
Thank you for your visit and gracious comments. Wishing you a delightful day!
Linking with: Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Life and Linda
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Thank you for this charming post. The love of reading is a both a gift and a blessing. There is nothing like a book to sweep one away to a time or place. How wonderful that your grandchildren have already discovered the magic found beneath the covers of a favorite book.
Gail, thank you for your sweet comments. Books do sweep us away to a time and place! I am very pleased that our grands love books!
Good morning, Pam! What a warm and delightful post! I am a retired preschool and Sunday school teacher. My husband and I made the final decision over the winter to downsize, leave Michigan, and move to South Carolina. We are both avid readers and last year my husband sold 300 hardcover novels to a wonderful man who would give them away. I found 2 brand new teachers to donate part of my extensive picture book library to. Now we are down to the final steps. It will be so hard to part with Christian books, favorite picture books of our own children(They have their own copies), decorating books, Victoria magazines, and garden books! Thanks for the opportunity to put all these thoughts into words!
Shelley, I am thrilled that you have shared your thoughts with my readers. I know many understand downsizing as retirement sets in and the need to purge. It is wonderful that you were able to find the people that could use your vast collection of books. That must give you all great joy. Wishing you many blessings on your move to SC, and a lovely retirement!
Pam, what a perfect post for this dark, stormy day! The picture of EM reading with the bike and chimney in the background is prize worthy! I too remember getting my first library card at age 6 and the delicious smell of books in our little village library. Reading to children and grandchildren from a very early age is probably one of the greatest gift you can give. Currently I am reading A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey…Kelley started me down the rabbit hole of this charming British series called The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries. And I have a stack of Southern Living, Southern Lady, Southern Home, and Flower magazines that need serious browsing. I can’t wait to get the pollen cleaned off the porch so I can read outside again! Hope you and Butch are having a good week!!
Roxanne, we share so many of the same memories of childhood. I might need to check out that British series, it sounds interesting. It seems harder for me to keep up with the reading of all my magazines. Where does time go?
I so enjoyed this post Pam as I love to read also. I love that you share special reading time with the grands, and that they love to read too. Books are a magical experience. I have changed my focus over the years, I used to love historical fiction, then legal thrillers, Agatha Christie and other classics. These days it’s mostly cozy mysteries and nothing to stressful, life is stressful enough! I do have quite a library of art books, cookbooks and coffee table books like the Art of Tea. I read on a Kindle now, such a great way to have a library books with you wherever you are, and even access them through an app on my phone. The photo of the girls snuggled up with a book is precious!
Thanks Jenna! I agree, life is stressful and I also enjoy books that don’t stress me. I do read on my iPad, but still prefer holding a book. It has definitely been a day to stay indoors and enjoy a good book!
How exciting to see three of my favorite authors mentioned: Joan Walsh Anglund inspired countless bulletin boards , Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home is a fun day trip, and I enjoyed Betsy, Tacey, and Tib in books from the bookmobile! My favorite decorating series is written by Mary Carol Garrity of the Kansas City area! Thanks for your blog!
JoAnn, I am so glad we have favorite authors in common. I know those bulletin boards were magical! I also enjoy Mary Carol Garrity!
Dear Pam, thanks for continuing our conversation last week over here at your place! It makes me smile that we’re treasuring the same books, whether it’s the Bible, Joan Walsh Anglund, or Paul Tripp. Thank you for sending your readers my way this morning. What a lovely treat on this rainy spring day …
ox
Your vintage Joan Walsh Anglund book set my mind in motion for this post. Thank you for your lovely friendship!
Hi Pam,
Loved your post. I am currently reading When All is Said by Anne Griffin for my book group. I spied Every Moment Holy in your daily reading stack. Love that book!
Nancy, I am glad we share the love of Every Moment Holy! I need to check on the book you are now reading! Thanks so much!
Pam, this post is magical and full of sweetness. You featured some of my favorite collections of books on my shelves that made the big move! I could not part with those that have kept me happy over the years. I still love to pick up the classics, Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility” and the “Little House on the Prairie” series. Mine are so torn and tattered which shows how I enjoyed them. I know you are so happy your lovely granddaughters share your love of books and reading. Love seeing the pics, especially EM under the tree, precious! And yes, I have the stash of old magazines, same as yours I have in storage. Happy April Pam…..
Thank you, Emily! Books are such a wonderful discussion and I am glad we share the love of the classics. It does bring me great joy that my grands love books! What will we do with all of our old magazines? I can’t seem to part with them now, but sometime in the future, I will need to!
Reading, my favorite! I read every night before going to sleep. We have built in bookshelves in our family room which are filled. Also a freestanding bookcase my husband made. We have a lot of the classics. I buy most of my books from a thrift store. About 15 years ago we found a box of children’s classics behind a wall in our attic, Nancy Drew, The Five Little Peppers And How They Grew, just to name a couple. I enjoyed reading the Emily books by L. M. Montgomery. Agatha Christie, The Mitford series by Jan Karon. Guide post has a lot of interesting series. We donate a lot of them to the Vietnam Veterans when we are finished reading them. Recently I finished reading a series by George Macdonald, The Curates Awakening. Did you ever read The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins? Sometimes I start reading more than one book and then switch back and forth between the two (when I can’t make up my mind which one to start) Happy reading!
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Reading and books spark wonderful conversations! I have so many books, I need a room in my home dedicated to books…maybe a library would be perfect! How fascinating that you found a box of children’s classics in your attic. I loved the Mitford series, also. I haven’t read the Woman In White, I will check on that one! Happy Reading Maryann!
My mom taught me to love books. My favorite is historical fiction. Right I am reading Katie Winters Nantucket series. I really like her books. I also read books by Christian authors. This week in the morning I’m reading portions from books by Ruth Chou Simons, Timothy Keller and Thomas Nelson’s 100 Favorite Hymns.
Nancy, what is your favorite historical fiction book? I need to check up on the Nantucket series! Your morning reading sounds perfect!
I’m sure you can imagine how much I love this post! Oh, the memories. It makes me smile, your meeting Joan Walsh Anglund and having the special autograph in your book. I learned to draw copying her illustrations! And I still have the books and love them. Do you follow Laura Ingalls Gunn’s Decortoadore.net? She’s doing a series now on the Little House series (she’s related to Laura Ingalls Wilder and was named for her). I love Austen and all those kids books bring up very happy memories! Do more of these!
Thank you, Jeanie. You write such wonderful reviews, I just love discussing books with friends. How fascinating that you learned to draw by copying Joan Walsh Anglund’s illustrations. I do follow Laura Ingalls Gunn! Thank you for the encouragement!
Beautiful post. Those photos of your Grands are wonderful. I do love Jane Austen’s books. At the moment I am reading Thomas A. Kempis, ” De imitatione Christi”. My husband love reading and he has a great library at our home. Hugs and blessings, dear Pam.
Thank you, Maristella! How wonderful that your husband has a great library at home! Hugs and blessing, sweet friend!
The Mitford series was a most favorite but I also loved the Left Behind series. My daily readings are the Bible and devotations now because if I sit to relax I might fall asleep! 😴 I think you should frame the Picture of EM reading propped up against the tree with her bike close by.Its truly a wonderful moment in time to be treasured. My coffee table books currently are “One Man’s Folly” the book of exceptional houses of Furlow Gatewood, “Home” by Charles Faudree, “The French Laundry Cookbook” by Thomas Keller and Southern Table” by Frank Stitt that I so graciously received from you Pam. None of these are novels to loose myself in but so that I can find beauty at any moment by opening them for my own eye and soul.
Alice, I also loved the Mitford series by Jan Karon! I should frame the photo of EM. The best book of all is the Bible! Your coffee table books are lovely. It is nice to pick one up and peruse the pages! Thank you, my friend!
Pam, It was a perfect day to curl up with a good book given the rain and storms. Your grandgirls are adorable and the love of reading is such a wonderful gift to pass on to them given the electronic age we are in. I love the convenience of an e-reader with a book at my fingertips, as well as the fact that it’s backlit so I can read in the middle of the night when I can’t go back to sleep… which is often! I went through my stacks of magazines trying to purge after the holidays and ending up keeping 3/4s of them. 😊 Hope you’re safe from any storms.♥
Thank you, Mary. It has rained almost all day with strong wind gusts. I have so many books that I need to purge, but they are like old friends and I can’t let them go!
Pam, I always love it when you do the coffee table posts. I notice we have several of the same decorating books, and I adore Jane Austen. Miss Ella Mae reads some of my favorites too. I remember Anne of Green Gables and the Little House Books. I have visited both Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood home in South Dakota and her later home in Missouri. I have so enjoyed my visit today! Have a wonderful weekend, sweet friend!
Thank you, Shannon! How wonderful that you have visited Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood and later homes. I know EM would love it. Happy Weekend, sweet friend!
Love this post Pam! Nothing like a great book to lift your soul, to transport you to beautiful places, and make you feel good when you read the last page and close the book.
I too cannot bring myself to purge my fav magazines!
Thank you, Shirley! I really need to purge some of my coffee table books that probably number between 150-200. Why oh why do I have so many?!
Love love love old books. We had a big library in the town where I lived and as soon as I could, would go there and check out books to read. Of course, you never wanted to have to pay that late charge, so those books would be back ASAP. We also had a small library that I could get to on my bike. They didn’t have a lot of books, but it was close by. Do you remember a series of books that were always titled “I was there . . .” and would be a bit of history. For instance, “I was there at Pearl Harbor.” I’m pretty sure of the title but don’t quote me on that. We had some in our tiny Catholic School library and I read every one of them. I’m so thrilled to read that your grands love books, too. That is so awesome. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you for sharing your lovely memories. No, I would never have wanted to pay a late fee for a book. I didn’t read any of the series “I was there…” but it sounds fascinating. My pleasure to share. All of us that enjoy reading also enjoy discussing books that we have read! Happy reading!!
Pam,
For many reasons (ALL GOOD), I’m in tears typing this. First, it’s been TOO LONG since I’ve been here—at the cottage and the peace of your place. Due to a health “hiccup” this week I’ve had two unexpected appointments (one yesterday and another this morning). All is well; but blood was needed, a visit, and another new glucose meter.
After my appointment today, my Godly and amazing Christ-centered friend, Chris, took me to the Christian bookstore. I’ve been completing some studies and wanted a new journal and a book. I LOVE BOOKS! Yet, I’ve been neglecting to take time to rest and read.
The tears come because this post touches my heart in many ways. Chris and I were JUST talking about Sense and Sensibility yesterday, he was admiring my collection of the Little House Books and talking about when we could go to her museum and house again, and I was imagining reading under a tree–to SEE your precious EM reading and the other pic and choice of book for the other grandkids. Oh, my heart.
The note from your friend, along with the book, made my soul smile. When I lived full-time in my RV I thought of having a Roving Bookstore just like the Bookmobile I remember so fondly. I LOVE THE SMELL of books and being in bookstores! To read this after a long appointment, feeling a bit “scattered” only to feel peace at the bookstore with a new journal and book, was just divine intervention!
Please accept my apologies for not being here more often. I love you all so much. There’s not a morning that goes by that I don’t think of you. And hold you in my thoughts and prayers.
You’re such a light in this world! Much love and prayers, Karla 💛💕🙏❤️❣️📖📕
Karla, I just had a feeling that there were a few hiccups this week. You never have to feel bad that you are unable to visit. Taking care of yourself is most important. I am so thrilled you have this wonderful friend, God sends us ones to encourage us. Yes, those wonderful Bookmobiles are etched in our memories. I felt like I had received the best gift with each new book that I checked out.
You are always in our prayers every morning! You are my hero seeing you from afar navigating this long journey. It is a journey of faith and grace and even in the hard you shine the light of our wonderful Father. Love and prayers ❤️🙏🏻🌼🎶💐📕📖
Good Morning Pam, what a delightful post. Installing the love of reading in your grandchildren is so wonderful! I loved seeing them read! I am a retired early childhood educator. I used to tell my parents. “Now is when they learn how to read. And soon they will read to learn!”
We went to the library when I was young and we also had a bookmobile! It was so fun to get new books each week.
Having an autograph from Joan Walsh Anglund. How special is that!
Our book club reads a lot of historical fiction. We all loved the book -The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. I encourage you to read it.
I love your Around the Coffee Table posts. I look forward to more.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thank you, Nancy for joining in the conversation about reading/books. With your background as an early childhood educator, you have much to offer in children’s reading. The bookmobile was a treat during the summer months, I could walk and would check out as many books as allowed! I am still like a child when I get a new book to read! I will definitely check out your recommendation ! Happy Weekend, my friend!
Pam this post is our cup of tea. I am reading My Sister Saint Therese by Sister Genevieve and The third book in the Edwardian Bride Series “A Refuge AT Highland Hall” by Carrie Turansky. My favorite kind of books to read are Historical Novels,American history,Irish History and saint books. As far as children’s books Marilyn and I share the same favorite The Honey bunch series. Also The Bobvsey Twins and our Golden books. We read children’ books now too. We had a library in our city but it was too far away. The bookmobile came to our school once a month. Marilyn and I were lucky to have Joan our older sister. She was a very big reader as a child. Since the local 5&10 cent stores had books for less than a dollar Joan would choose a book at every visit. Her Nancy Drew,Beverly Gray,Judy Bolton and many more books were always there for us. Marilyn is reading “Pat Of Silver Bush” book (my favorite of LMM)_The first in the series in the series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Sh just finished “The Illustrated Life Of Michael Collins” Joan just finished “The Lady Of Galway Manor” and starting “The Maid Of Ballymacool. By Jennifer Deobel We all have the same favorite types of books. As for magazines. Forget it We go through them and decide just can’t rid of Victoria magazines especially.
Have a great weekend. Those grandchildren are ADORABLE.
Marion.Marilyn and Joan
Hi sweet ladies! I have read the Edwardian Bride Series by Carrie Turansky. I still love historical fiction! I do love to read children’s books with my granddaughters! It seems y’all love to read as much as I do. Thank you for joining in the conversation and introducing me to some books I am not familiar with. I agree I cannot part with Victoria. Happy reading sweet friends!
Good morning Pam! I do enjoy reading, although I’m not into the genres you enjoy.
I’m more of a ‘who done it’ girl, detective novels, so Agatha Christie is one of my favourite Authors.
I understand your hesitation in culling your magazines, I finally went through all of mine & gifted a set to my daughter who loves reading magazines. ☺️
Blessings sweet friend, Jennifer
Hi Jennifer, I have enjoyed all of the comments and several have mentioned their love of Agatha Christie! I need to purge some books, but that would be like getting rid of old friends. Blessings, dear one!
Pam, I LOVE to read and have copies of many of the books mentioned. I can not get rid of any of them. I have the Mitford Series by Jan Karon as well as the cookbook she published with many of the books’ recipes. (I especially love Esther’s Orange Marmalade Cake) And yes, I also have the complete Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the Anne (with an E) of Green Gables. Since I have my own Secret Garden, you have to know that I would have that book also. “And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.”
Of course, the Captain and I have our daily devotionals; I love “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers…The Prayers of Jabez, (I could go on and on.) We also listen to Charles Swindoll Insight for Living podcasts daily.
I do love the actual books and the smell and excitement of turning the page….even though I have a Kindle and access to e-books. For secular reading, I love mysteries, Agatha Christie and any spy thriller.
As far as magazines I have had to stop the subscriptions because I was becoming a magazine hoarder. LOL. I have been slowly purging them, many times just picking them up and tossing without looking because if I looked, I would save every last one of them.
I love that your grands love to read and the reading under the tree pic is perfect. My grands love to read also and it makes me so proud when they tell me of another book they have read. Of course I stress that if they only have one book to read…it should be the Word of God. “Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against Thee” Psalm 119:11-16
Kari, I love the Mitford Series and the famous orange marmalade cake. Of course Anne (with an E) is a favorite. You do have a lovely Secret Garden, my friend! I have used Oswald Chambers many times. I have quite a collection of Charles Swindoll’s books. Thankfully the grands are memorizing scripture every week. Our DIL home schools them. She was a high school math teacher. Thanks for sharing that wonderful verse of scripture and some of your favorite books, my friend!
Well, Pam you had me with the stack of Jane Austen’s work on your table! As I’m a big fan of her large volume of creative works. I’m pleased the grands are loving reading too!
Mary, I just knew you were a Jane Austen fan! Thanks so much for your sweet visit!
I enjoyed the post and the part about the Bookmobile I could really relate to. I was just like you and always left with an armful of books. I still have a couple of my Nancy Drew books.
Thank you, Karen! The Bookmobile was a wonderful summer treat!
Your home is so elegant and beautiful! I used to read a lot, but these days, I spend way more time working on my own books. 😁 God bless you!
Thanks Cheryl. Keep working on your books, my friend!
Woo- books! I’ve always been a compulsive reader – my mom used to say “Put that book down and go outside!” I would comply with the second part, but not the first – like your granddaughter, reading under a tree is the best! LOVE that you’re reading Jane Austen, one of my favorite writers ever. I love “cozy” mysteries usually, but have you ever read Tana French? The Likeness is a fabulous page-turner – I literally couldn’t put it down. Fortunately I’m an adult now with no mother to make me turn the light out! Thanks for this wonderful post and trip down Reading Memory Lane!
Thank you, Barbara! It has been fun to revisit Jane Austen’s books. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s suggestions and what is currently being read. I have not read Tana French, but I must check on The Likeness!
Pam, I have always been a reader. The Little House books were introduced to me by my third grade teacher and I enjoyed them all. I am a retired Social Studies teacher and I believe my love of history started with those books. Some of the series I have thoroughly enjoyed are the Miss Julia series written by Ann B Ross. They are delightful and I laughed out loud reading about life for this widowed lady that takes in her dead husband’s mistress and young son, much to the bewilderment of her small NC town. What a pleasure to read. I love mysteries and began reading Agatha Christie after my 8th grade teacher read aloud Ten Little Indians to my class. I reread her books from time to time. Rita Mae Brown has a , wonderful series of mysteries set in the foothills of Virginia featuring three talking pets (to each other and other animals) as they constantly try to save their owner from getting herself in trouble with murders. I have read all of hers but a new one is supposed to be out this year. Presently I am reading a series written by Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Highess series. It takes place in England in the early 1930s and includes real life royalty as part of her stories. The heroine, Lady Georgiana, is 34th from the throne and is constantly involved with mysteries and murders. Some of her adventures are at the command of Queen Mary as her son, the Duke of Wales, becomes more and more involved with Wallis Simpson. As a history major, I took four different classes in English history so this is right down my alley. This is more information than toy wanted to know, but finding others that love reading like I do is so much fun!
Darlene, thank you for your lovely comments. Teachers can have a positive influence on children’s love for reading. They certainly influenced me. I definitely need to check out the Rhys Bowen series. It sounds like a series I would enjoy. Not too much info, I have loved reading everyone’s comments. Finding others that love reading and connecting is fun!
Wonderful post Pam and how lovely to see all the readers that responded! I come from a family of readers too and my grandfather taught me to read before I even started school. We would always go to the library and check out the maximum number of books, which I thinks was either 2 or 3. at the time. You have quite the variety of topics that you are interested in and your coffee table is very tempting. I’m so glad to see that you’ve passed this love on to the grands – the pictures of EM under the tree and EM and EK snuggled on the couch are so precious and there is nothing like Christmas in July lol. I’m a Kindle girl because you can adjust the font and the lighting and there is no glare outside, but my mom and sister swear by the feel of actual books in their hands. Thanks for this sweet post and happy reading my friend!
Thank you, Kim. How wonderful that your grandfather taught you how to read before you started school. I have read numerous books on my iPad, but I still prefer turning the pages of a book. Happy reading, sweet friend!
Hi Pam! Spring has brought on a lot of chores so my reading has been somewhat delayed. As a young girl, I remember reading “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”. When we traveled to Brooklyn and NYC, you realize there are few trees except in the parks! In the south, we have so many trees that we take it for granted. As a youngster, reading was always a fun activity! It’s good for any age! You have a nice collection of good books. Enjoy your day. Clara❤️
I realize the theme of the book was not about trees but the title and book cover always reminded me that we have such beautiful landscaping in the south as well as the southern style of tenacity. The storyline is about struggling through various parts of life which reminds me that you should indeed be like a tree and bend, sway and have a solid root system like your precious Christian family! Clara❤️
Wonderful and encouraging thoughts, Clara. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you, Clara. You are a faithful reader and I appreciate you. We have so much to appreciate living where we do with the wide open spaces. It is ideal for children to grow up with the outdoors and nature ❤️
Pam, I love this post so much! I love historical fiction, and I too have been re-reading some of the classics. I was just telling my son, the other day, how I remember my first visits to my neighborhood library and how excited I was and how the library smelled. This post will be one of my features tomorrow at Thursday Favorite Things. 🙂
Pam, I am so thrilled you enjoyed this post. It is wonderful to know how many people have the same memories of their first visit to the library as a child. Thank you for the feature!