Friday, January 16, 2026

Book Club: January 2026

 I enjoyed the recent book club read.  I give it a 9 out of a 10.  It is historical fiction that takes place in the early 1950's in Washington DC.   Kate Quinn wrote The Briar Club.


All of the gals at book club enjoyed the book.

Thursday was a quiet day around here, I did some laundry and cleaned out two drawers in the kitchen. 

I made supper...some of those small rock lobsters and steak along with some crispy tater rounds and coleslaw.  Andy is off to a Vex Robotics tournament...he doesn't like any kind of fish or seafood....so we had it in his absence.

Minnesota weather; High 37F or 3C Low was 10F or -12C eh! We are in a Winter weather advisory until Friday evening...snow and wind.

I continue to work on the big sort of photographs for albums. I hope to finish in the next week maybe two....by February 1st for sure!  I have updated 3 out of 5 of the Grands albums. 

Far Side

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  1. I’ll look for the book.

    I love fish even frozen fish filets.

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  2. It's hard to thinkof a book about the 1950s as historical fiction, but it is.

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  3. You’re making great progress on your photo project. Wish I could say the same for my putting away all of Christmas and redecorating for winter. 😞 RHill, TX

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  4. It's been very windy here. It blew my hearing aid out of my ear.

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  5. We are having a tad warmer weather here! Which is nice....but we do need snow

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  6. We have "grapple" today. Do you call it that up north? It's a mix of snow & ice but soft. Little balls of grapple. You're accomplishing quite a bit with your photo project. Good for you!
    Blessings and hugs,
    Betsy

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    1. Some times called snice ( snow and ice) or snirt (snow and dirt) Yes I have also heard it called graupel

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  7. Sounds like a book I will enjoy. Thanks for the recommendation. It was snowing last night when we left Brookings after the game. Drove in rain/snow most of the way home. We got maybe an inch overnight - but the 30+ mph winds are blowing it all over. I hate wind more than I do most any other weather.

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  8. Sounds like you're making good progress with the albums.
    I'm not a fan of most seafood either, fish is the exception, but I probably wouldn't go to a robotics competition either. :p

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  9. This book is on my "to be read" lists. Your dinner sounds decadent! Your grands are lucky!!

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  10. Neither of us are seafood lovers either. Maybe salmon once in a while. And here we are not too far from the coast! You're making excellent progress on your photo albums.

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  11. Oh, that looks good, but I cannot put any more books on my list!!!
    We just have snow, and wind, and then more snow. We have had some light winters in the past few years and I guess Mother Nature is making up for it this January!

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  12. Thanks for the book recommendation. The wind has been howling here more than normal - still no substantial snow, which is probably a good thing with the wind.

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  13. Ooh your dinner sounds yummy. Keep working on those albums...what a big job for you. Hope you all survive the snow. We got a lot today but it all fell nice and quietly and beautifully too. Take good care.

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