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Reflections on the books, poems, short stories, cereal boxes and small print I'm currently reading AND the films I'm getting to see upon occasion. . . .
Movies & TV
My Reading
- 2026 Reading
- 2025 Reading
- All My Yearly Reading Lists
- My Annotated Reading Stacks
- Reading Dumps
- WHAT'S UP NEXT?
- NOVELS READ
- Authors
- Abandoned/DNF
- Amish
- Biographies & Memoir - Adult
- Epistolary
- Jewish
- Non-Mysteries
- Mysteries
- Narrators
- Short Stories
- Nonfiction
- Young Adult
- Time Travel
- YA Series
- People Musings: Personalities on My Radar
Junk Journaling
Other Stuff
Current Audible Book
Current eBook
Current BOOK Book or "waiting in the wings"
Last Book Read/Just Finished
Making a Difference
- Appalachian Audubon Society
- Beads of Courage
- Ben's Bells
- Caitlin's Smiles
- Central PA Down Syndrome Awareness Group
- Charity Bear Pattern
- Comfort Cases - Backpacks for foster kids
- Community Cares
- Crayon Initiative, The
- Days for Girls International
- Donors Choose
- Heifer International
- Little Free Libraries
- My Contributions
- One Simple Wish
- Operation Warms Hearts
- Parkinson's Foundation
- Penguin Protection Agencies
- Project Linus
- Project Share
- Ronald McDonald House in Hershey, PA
- Saving Acres Farm - Cat Rescue
- Sightsavers
- Soap Sacks for the Homeless
- Speranza Animal Rescue
My Projects
Postcards
Sewing & Knitting Blogs
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Retail Therapy
- Burkholder Fabric - Denver PA
- Half Moon Handwerks - Camp Hill PA
- Humble Stitch - Newport PA
- Lancaster Home & Fabric (formerly Weaver's) - Ronks, PA
- Log Cabin Quilt Shop - Bird in Hand PA
- Serendipity Stitch - New Bloomfield, PA
- Sew'n Place - Fayetteville PA
- Smile Spinners - Maryville PA
- The Fabric Center - Carlisle, PA
- The Old Country Store - Intercourse PA
- TLC Quilting - Middletown, PA
Kid's Book Stuff
- Middle Grades
- First Chapter Books
- Graphic Novels
- Verse Novels
- Newbery Award
- Caldecott Medal
- Picture Books to Use with Middle Grades
- PICTURE BOOKS
- Illustrators A - K
- Illustrators L - Z
- Artist Annotations
- Biographies
- Board Books
- Books About Books
- Historical Fiction
- Holidays
- Jewish
- Making a Difference
- Muslim
- Other Cultures
- Storytimes
- Wordless
Favorite Words
Muddy Puddle Handmade
Out and About
Artsy-Fartsy
Book-y
Writing Sites
Library Stuff
Poetry
- The Poem Farm - Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
- Poetry4Kids - Kenn Nesbitt
- Poetry for Children - Sylvia Vardell
- Laura Purdie Salas - Kid's Poet/resources
- Poetry Books, With Descriptions & Covers
- Poetry SUBJECT Index
- Personal Poetry Anthology INDEX
- Blog Poem INDEX
- Poetry Moments
- My Favorite Adult Poems (vs. Kid's Poems...)
My Blog List
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Postcard Stats
- Sent - 1131
- Received - 1260
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About Me
- Chris
- I retired from teaching nine years ago and then spent almost four years as a children's librarian/aide at the public library, I missed teaching, so.... I've taken a job as School Librarian at a private K-8 school, and I'm so excited! I've taught fourth and fifth grades, middle school literature, and college-level children's literature. Originally from New England, I lived and taught on the coast of Maine for many years, then spent 14 years in the glorious sunshine of Tucson, Arizona, before moving eight years ago to south central Pennsylvania - a new adventure! I adore my kids, my grandkids (I got married at "age 9"), my students, books and reading, quilts and quilting, yarn and knitting, papercrafts and altering books, genealogy, letterboxing, watching movies on the "big screen" - and hitting the road to adventure far and wide. I hate to cook and love to eat. I finally got to visit my 49th state last year (yay!! and it was awesome) so that leaves only one to go ... soon, I hope, soon.....
States Where I've Letterboxed
My Letterboxing
