by Leslie Sholly | Jul 22, 2023 | family, Knoxville, photoblogging, Vacations
Ten years ago, I joined a link up to post 12 pictures, one for each month of the previous year. When that link up ended, I found another one. Now that one no longer exists, but I’m still doing this annual post. It’s a fun way for me to look back over the...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
I present to you an annual tradition that is happening later and later: the best/favorite posts from the prior year, as picked by you (my readers) and me. YOUR favorites are simply the posts that got the most clicks, no matter when I originally posted them; MY...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
This has not been the summer I had hoped it would be. It’s been busy and stressful instead of relaxing, which is why I only have five books to share for June. Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow I hate to say it but I really did not care for this book. Especially I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 22, 2023 | book review, books
May was a mostly easy reading month. We took a trip to the local used book store and I grabbed a few books from my favorite authors. As you may know by now, I enjoy thrillers that I don’t want to put down and can read in a day or two. Motive by Jonathan...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Oh, dear. How embarrassing. Can you believe I only read THREE books in April? Emma by Jane Austen I’d never read this although Lorelei had been begging me to for years. Then I found out that Haley Stewart was running a Jane Austen book club, so now I will be...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 21, 2023 | book review, books
As I mentioned in my last post, I am writing this months after I read these books, and I find myself surprised at how well I was keeping to my goal. Probably the fact that Spring Break fell in March accounts for my having had enough time to do that. Feminist Prayers...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 21, 2023 | book review, books
It’s been (and remains) a very busy year. A lot has fallen by the wayside, especially my blogging. I am currently ensconced in a downtown hotel attempting to catch up. Maybe I will even have time to tell about the year, because I have many thoughts. We’ll...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
“By their fruits you will know them,” we read in the Gospel. “ . . .[E]very good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.” Is a faith nurtured primarily by media slanted in one...
by Leslie Sholly | May 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have mentioned before that my favorite Gospel stories involve Peter, my favorite saint. I love Peter because he is relatable. He is human and makes mistakes, some bigger than others. Yet Jesus chose him to lead the Church, because of his great faith. That gives me...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Esau and Jacob, Moses and others God was always talking to His people. Right out loud! I was fascinated. Why did God talk to them? I wondered. When did He stop talking to people? And especially, why...