The Non-Accidental Reader: Books I Read in 2023

I grew up on words. My family were/are avid crossword puzzlers and Scrabble was a mainstay in our household; I was playing against my brothers’ college friends when I was 8. To be fair, I can’t balance a checkbook, but I was raised on words. So it should come as no surprise that I was …

The Accidental Nester, Part II

My first pandemic blog post made it seem as if every day were a day of nothing but leisure. And while that is largely true, and there is nothing wrong with that, I do feel compelled to say that Allan and I have accomplished several productive tasks during these months as well. Perhaps this productivity …