Last Updated on February 25, 2022 by ellen I have always been fascinated by the suicide forest in Japan. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s the place where people go to kill themselves in Japan. It is supposedly haunted and no one will enter it unless they want to die. It is a 14 […]
Month: September 2015
The Surprising Imagination of C S Lewis
Last Updated on February 24, 2022 by ellen When I was little, I loved to daydream. I can remember sitting under a tree (or on my bed) with my eyes closed for hours just thinking. I always lived in magical worlds and had amazing adventures. When I wasn’t daydreaming, you could find me with my […]
The MUTTS Winter Diaries by Patrick McDonnell
Last Updated on February 23, 2022 by ellen I’ve always encouraged my kids to read. From as early as I can remember, either I was reading them a story or they were reading one themselves. While my daughter could always be found with a novel, my son has always gravitated more toward comics and graphic […]
Luck Be A Lady by Meredith Duran
Last Updated on February 22, 2022 by ellen There is no better way to spend a cold weekend than by sitting on the couch with a blanket, a cup of tea and a romance book. I don’t do that often. I generally don’t have the time. But, sometimes, a book is just impossible to put […]
America’s Test Kitchen Season 15
Last Updated on February 21, 2022 by ellen When I was younger, one of the few channels my parents got on television was PBS. We didn’t get cable, and I spent a lot of time watching documentaries and educational programs. Those early years on PBS, watching Julia Child, are also what got me interested in […]
Blackout PBS American Experience
Last Updated on February 20, 2022 by ellen Marty and I have always been into preparedness. We stock up. We think about what we’ll need in emergencies. We try to be prepared just in case. You never know what will happen and living in a rural area, if we get stuck, we’re stuck. Blackout PBS […]
Best Halloween Mystery Stories [Cozy Mysteries]
Last Updated on December 8, 2022 by ellen Halloween is such a fun time of year because you can let your imagination run wild. There tend to be more movies and books about paranormal topics, witches, ghosts, monsters, fairies, etc. Since I enjoy themed mysteries, I thought it would be fun to put together a […]
Project Animal Farm by Sonia Faruqi
Last Updated on February 18, 2022 by ellen At some point in our lives, we start to wonder about where our food comes from. As children, the answer might be that it comes from the grocery store. Taking that one step further, we realize that the grocery store gets it from a warehouse, who gets […]
Frontline The Trouble with Chicken DVD
Last Updated on February 17, 2022 by ellen One of the benefits of living in the country is that I’m able to be closer to my food and where it comes from. Not only are there farms and orchards in my neighborhood, but we also have our gardens and ducks and chickens. Whenever I hear […]
Hotel Transylvania 2
Last Updated on February 16, 2022 by ellen I just love Halloween movies! Monster movies are one of my favorite parts of Halloween. I don’t want anything that’s too scary, but a family friendly Halloween movie like Hotel Transylvania 2 is just perfect! It’s opening in theaters on September 25, 2015, so it’s just in […]