by Jane Green | Aug 7, 2023
I re-read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell this week. Copyrighted in 1960, it was a Newbery Award winning classic. The fictional summary of the story is… Karana, an Indian girl, lives with her father, sister, and younger brother on a remote...
by Jane Green | Jul 31, 2023
I re-read one of my favorite childhood books this week, Blue Willow, by Doris Gates. The first copyright of the book was 1940. During this time period they didn’t always follow through with all the writing rules of today, but they told some really good stories...
by Jane Green | Jul 24, 2023
The garden is producing well and we are eating something from it daily. Squash, okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, green beans—all are doing well and I even had some Zinnias to bring inside to fill a small vase. I told my daughter recently that if I were in charge of...
by Jane Green | Jul 17, 2023
The title of this blogpost sounds like a bad movie. Oh wait! It is—from 1994. But I’m not talking about a bad movie. If you have asthma, or know someone with asthma, you know the terror of not being able to breathe. And the most life threatening attacks always...
by Jane Green | Jul 10, 2023
Do you ever get dog tired? Like, every bone and muscle in your body aches, and you feel you can’t walk, talk, or feed yourself? Today was like that for me. I drove 1 1/2 hours. Dug out Bermuda grass (that stuff has to be from Satan😉). Pinned down landscape...
