Meanderings and Muses: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From the Barleys

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From the Barleys

Happy Wishes for this Holiday Season

“Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

2 comments:

Lesa said...: I love the family in this picture. I see, though, that you all had to wear scarves in order to get Annabelle to participate. Merry Christmas, Donald, Kaye, & Annabelle! Love, Lesa; December 7, 2022 at 8:57 AM
Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Muses said...: Thank you, Gram!

Here: http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2020/12/what-did-women-like-in-2020.html

And

Here: http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2021/12/what-did-women-like-in-2021.html; December 10, 2022 at 2:12 PM

Books Read

Every year I promise myself I'm going to keep a log of books I'm reading. And I immediately forget. Then I remember again, but only after I've already read a few books, but can't be sure I'll remember them all and so - - can't bring myself to start the list. It's sort of like missing the first 30 minutes of a movie. I just can't watch it if I've missed the beginning. And being the anal ol' soul I am, I can't bring myself to start a list if I can't be sure it's going to be a complete one. So. I decided to keep a list during 2010 and found it to be a fun thing. Especially for a compulsive list-maker like myself.

You can see my 2010 list here -

http://meanderingsandmuses.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-during-2010.html

And, you can see my 2011 list here -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2011/12/books-read-during-2011.html

And here's my 2012 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/01/books-read-in-2012.html

And, my 2013 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/12/books-read-duing-2013.html

And, my 2014 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2014/12/books-read-in-2014.html

And, my 2015 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2015/12/books-read-in-2015_14.html

And, my 2016 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2016/12/books-read-during-2016.html

And, my 2017 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2017/12/books-read-during-2017.html

And, my 2018 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2018/12/books-i-read-in-2018.html

And, my 2019 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2019/12/books-i-read-in-2019.html

And, my 2020 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2020/07/books-read-in-2020.html

And, my 2021 list - http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2021/12/books-i-read-in-2021.html

And, my 2022 list - http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2022/12/books-i-read-in-2022.html

Books Read in 2023

The Magical Summer of Miranda Stone by A.D. Brazeau *
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
What Never Happened A Thriller by Rachel Howzell Hall
Our Place on the Island by Erika Montgomery *
Looking for Clara by Simona Grossi
A Boat on the Ocean by Simona Grossi
The Little Red French Door by Simona Grossi
Take the Long Way Home by Rochelle Alers *
Wedding of the Season by Lauren Edmondson
Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson
The Block Party by Jamie Day
Sally Brady's Italian Adventure by Christina Lynch *
The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman *
My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank
All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer *
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges * *
Prom Mom by Laura Lippman **
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
In a Hard Wind A McKenzie Novel by David Housewright ***
Identity by Nora Roberts ***
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis *
The Dark Edge of Night by Mark Pryor
The Friday Night Club by Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman and M. J. Rose *
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus *
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand **
The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman
Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding *
The Paris Mystery by Kirsty Manning **
Elsie de Wolfe's Paris: Frivolity Before the Storm by Charlie Scheips
The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
The Heirloom Inn by Olivia Miles
The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson *
Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
Justice Is Served A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG by Leslie Karst * *
China by Edward Rutherfurd *
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard ***
The Darlings by Hannah McKinnon
From Dust to Stardust by Kathleen Rooney **
Summer Roommates by Holly Chamberlin
An American Beauty by Shana Abe **
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
House of Clouds by K. L. Gleeson
The River Runs South by Audrey Ingram *
A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson *
The Thing About Home by Rhonda McKnight * *
All the Leaves Are Brown How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart by Scott G. Shea *
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay *
A Killing of Innocents by Deborah Crombie *
What Became of Magic by Paige Crutcher
Halfway to You by Jennifer Gold *

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