National Letter Writing Month, Books/Reading,

National Card and Letter Writing Month

Hints and tips for writing cards and letters can be found at Think.Make.Share.  

There is also a link to a calendar of ideas.

How to Write a Letter to a Friend offers more tips.

April Outgoing

 postcards to the grands

to Suzie,

and yes, listening to a lot of Paul Simon lately

to Carla

 to Ricky & Teresa

Books/Reading

Witty, but informative take on usage, syntax, and grammar.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Benjamin Dryer is a copy editor who stands by the Oxford comma, but takes a less restrictive stand on many rules.  He works to keep the author's voice and style evident while keeping the narrative clear and easy to follow.

A funny and entertaining book on a subject that rarely inspires humor!

I've already reviewed this one at A Garden Carried in the Pocket.

I'm a late comer to Linda Castillo's crime/mystery series featuring Kate Burkholder, but I have enjoyed the two that I've read.  The setting in Amish country makes the mysteries more interesting.  Shamed is an ARC due out in July.  My review is scheduled, but not yet posted on my book blog.

Although I swallow fiction whole, I read nonfiction slowly.  A couple of chapters at a time, then a break for an entire novel.  Or two.  Zora and Langston is full of interesting details about Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, their friendship, the Harlem Renaissance, and their eventual falling out.  And Charlotte Osgood Mason, their creepy (at least I find her so) benefactor.

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(you aren't wrong, it is getting worse each year)