Agatha Christie Marathon
“The best time to plan a book is while you are doing the dishes.” ~ Agatha Christie Last week, I accidentally embarked on an Agatha Christie marathon. What do I mean by ‘accidentally’? Well, I started reading one, and just…
Author: Yolanda Taylor
Happy Birthday, Aaron! Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Roses
On October 3rd, my darling husband celebrated his birthday. Well, actually I did more of the celebrating and he just went to work. 🙂 I guess I like to celebrate birthdays. The only thing he wanted for his birthday was…
Homemade Apple Pie
“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.” ~ Jane Austen. I will have to agree with Jane Austen on this point. It was a considerable part of my domestic happiness and my stomach was equally happy. …
At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
“Inside, if this was the first time you had visited Bertram’s, you felt, almost with alarm, that you had re-entered a vanished world. Time had gone back. You were in Edwardian England once more.” (This is the parlor at the…
The Library of Congress
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an…
Luray Caverns, VA
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your…
