It's been forever since I've posted here, but I'm trying to put down in writing a challenge for myself.  As 2015 is coming quickly to an end and 2016 is fast approaching, I've been looking back at the books I've read this year and sadly there haven't been as many as I'd like.  Part of this has been being busy with other things, but part of it has ( Read more... )

I started purging some of my books last year - books I knew I wouldn't read or read again, many of which I'd picked up at used bookstores several years ago, books I no longer had any interest in reading, books that were just taking up space on my shelves.  I've continued this year and have even given up on a few books that I had started to read ( Read more... )

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OPA, Monday, August 27, 2012 ( Read more... )

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Going up the Rhine and then detouring onto the Moselle we spent a rather drizzly and dreary day being enchanted by the castles along the rivers.


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May the Fourth Be With You ( Read more... )

The Alsace region of France was indeed lovely, but we finally went back to the Rhine and started the Germany part of our trip. One of our stops was to Stuttgart and the Mercedes Benz Museum. Even the building had the emblem on top!


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I'm a little late in posting about the two major trips I took in 2011, but better late than never, right?  The first major trip was to Germany for two weeks in July.  We actually started the trip in Switzerland, went up the Rhine, saw castles and grapes and towns, oh my!


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