Welcome to Litsy!

Thinking back to last November, when that massive tree in my front yard turned gold & let go of its #leaves in a magnificent show. Now I'm just here counting the days until autumn returns to the high desert🙂

#falling #poetrymatters #haikuaday

Dropping off my #fallingforfallswap this morning! It will be there by Wednesday 9/17! @Avanders @Chrissyreadit

“FallingForFallSwap - 2025” will be under my matches name on the label!

The second book in this series. It‘s been 28 years since the first book, and Maude and Owen are heading back to New Orleans. To HIM. It wasn‘t nearly as good nor as spicy as the first one, and had a lot of grammar issues. But it‘s a fun story. Scavenger on the Run, by S. A. Burd

#TOTD #STLB #STTD

Thought of the Day

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#5JoysFriday
@Debinhawaii 💛💜🧡

1. Survived my first physical therapy session on my shoulder. Can't wait to get it in shape!
2. Surviving the insane temps. Yep, that arrow is pointing to 110ºF. Even the roadrunner's running away. Where the *()& is autumn?
3. My sister got a new puppy named Ranger, and he's only as big as her flip flops.
4. A lovely get-that-shoulder-in-shape gift from the dear @Cuilin.
5. Matt, Pip, and Kate. #always

I dropped off my package at the post office today! Well my husband dropped it off because he was off work today - so apologies as there won't be any writing on the outside of the box, lol. But everything is wrapped on the inside so no big deal if the box is opened....also sorry about the horrendous wrapping job - can't say it's something I excel at 😄

#fffs #fallingforfallswap @Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Spent the week at the coast! Built sand castles, visited the TX State Aquarium, walked for miles.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Play? @Read-n-Bloom @Texreader

#GoldCover 🧡🧡🧡

#Falling

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I took @julesG ‘s suggestion of OIL before attempting to peel (THANK YOU!!!) AND aside from my Nana defaulting to EMU when I said I needed oil (she‘s hard of hearing, we got to olive eventually 🤭😳) it went pretty well, not painless but I didn‘t lose a layer of skin! I‘m probably still going to wrap my wrist when I‘m working but I think it‘s just about there…

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Daisy Cat has taken to my husband‘s chair and glares at him every morning until he goes to work
2) fockey games and xcountry meets galore this week
3) the full moon was beautiful
4) finally started watching Wednesday
5) spider web shaped waffles

Happy Friday!

Hi Friends, how is it Friday again so soon? I have been at a training class most of the day & then doubled-down on the peopling & went to my second Silent Book Club tonight!🫣🤭So if it‘s Friday where you are, it‘s time to make your list of the 5 things big or small that brought you joy this week.

Make your post & tag it with #5JoysFriday & tag me & anyone else you‘d like to share joy with. Use the background if/as you wish.

All are welcome!🤗

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

I realized I did last week‘s survey and never posted my results. I don‘t remember the exact number but I was thrilled it was more than half. Today‘s result is 26 out of 45.

Favorites are The Goonies, Hocus Pocus and Moonstruck.

@dabbe

Thanks to @KadaGul (♥️) I learned I had to mail my package no later than tomorrow. Thankfully all the big goodies were wrapped. So I boxed them up and they‘ve been mailed to somewhere northeast of Texas. ETA next Tuesday.

#fallingforfallswap #fffs

@Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Made myself a mini bingo card for the next few days, as a potential distraction from everything (since I'm traveling tomorrow to attend the interment of my grandparents' ashes). If I don't manage anything, that's fine. If I read other books that's also fine. If I can get a blackout, woooo.

(I know I still have squares on #BookSpinBingo card to fill but a) this helps with that and b) there's enough to go that I was having difficulty with choices.)

#haikuhive #haikuaday

RIP, Polly Holliday. 🧡🩶💜

#haikuaday #haikuhive

Almost a quarter of a century ago. #neverforget 💙🤍♥️

Today reminds us
of the last time we bonded
as one true nation.

I am planning on reading Anne of Green Gables and Middlemarch before the end of the year.

Favorites:
Persuasion and Rebecca are 2 of my all time favorite books. I also really loved We Have Always Lived In The Castle Shirley Jackson is the queen of subtle horror.

#TLT @dabbe

#ThreeListThursdays #TLT @dabbe

I was convinced Jumanji would be on the list. I looked it up to see if it was a fall movie and no apparently it‘s a winter movie - set in a jungle. Now I‘m more confused. I live in the town, where it was filmed, and I do not live in the jungle 🤔 Anyway here are my top 3 from the list.

I‘m so close to being done with #litsyAtoZ

I have the hardest letters left for the most part O, Q, X, and Z

This was dropped off at the post office yesterday! Should get delivered on Saturday!

#fffs #fallingforfallswap

29 for me. Some really great movies on here! I want to go back and watch some again now like If Beale Street Could Talk, Knives Out, and Election. I couldn‘t remember if I‘ve seen Plains, Trains, and Automobiles before. Might have to check that out too! 😅 Thanks, @dabbe #TLT

Enjoying my beautiful #FallCardSwap growing stash while trying not to care about the assignments I should be grading 😅 #WDNCW I feel like a book dragon with treasures—stay back, dog! It‘s not for you, cat! Do not put your work stuff on this table, man! 🐉

We do not care we have been watching our food intake and exercising to get the pesky baby weight off at 39. It‘s our baby boys birthday and he has Ninja Turtle Cupcakes! 😍🥰💛 #WDNCW @dabbe

@KadaGul It‘s here and it‘s beautiful! Thank you! I can‘t wait to open it 😍 #fallingforfallswap #fffs

@Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Beautiful spring day to sit by the river a while.

#TOTD #STLB #STTD 😢

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Make a book cover/protector from old sweaters
📚🧶👚

#Sweater

#Falling

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

We do not care that you‘ve done so well on your diet and lost 15 pounds so far…when Central Market celebrates OctoberFest, you buy all the yummy German food and celebrate early tonight for dinner!

For those of you who don‘t have HEB grocery stores (HEB is only in Texas and northern Mexico) and don‘t know that Central Market is a high-end version of it (nicknamed Gucci-E-B), I‘m so sorry. Or, maybe we don‘t care 😉

#wdncw @dabbe

We do not care that we asked our father to drive us/stay for a biopsy procedure for emotional support. Sometimes we just need someone to be there.
Which brings us to, we do not care that it's been almost a month of no contact from the man we thought was The One & then out of the blue said man asks our mutual friend how we're doing. We do not care that he asked bc we've been trying to get over said man.
We do not care.
...do we? 💔 #WDNCW @dabbe

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Continuing the fun from last week, here is a survey of autumn movies. If there was a book you read it but didn't see the movie, it counts! Give yourself the best score possible!

Share your score (if you want). List 3 faves/3 hates/3 you thought should have been here/3 whatever-you-wants. I'm not tagging anyone this time; ALL are invited to play! Feel free to tag others, too! 😍

Link: https://tinyurl.com/4afhu83r

#WDNCW

We do not care that we ordered caramels for our #FFFS person and then proceeded to eat them all. We also do not care that we did this TWICE. Luckily, the third time we had the boxes ready to put that stuff in there before we did it again. We also do not care that our scale reflects this and that we have to stuff ourselves into a wedding dress in two months. Yay for PT this Friday and getting our butt off the couch!

This Friday is the #netgalleygroup readathon hosted by @alldebooks Open to everyone
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2899332

Back to the physio today and got taped again… something tells me that the white adhesive tape is not going to relinquish my skin gently when the time comes comes to remove it 😩

On the positive side, I washed my hair before the appointment so at least showering in the morning is going to be more straightforward.

Birthday voucher spent, what do I read first?
#newbooks

#TOTD #STLB

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Between yesterday and today I got all my #FallCardSwap cards mailed and I have received a few but haven‘t opened any yet. I think I am going to open one a day with my morning coffee starting tomorrow.

@TheBookHippie

#tuesdaytunes
@TheTieDyeDude

The first “ber“ of the year means autumnal equinox music for me. If interested, I have a playlist on Spotify. 💛💜🧡
Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5E8pmXw5uqGOf0IhUTM65n

Release day for A Season of Second Chances!

My short story Timber is featured within its covers! The Deliverance‘s ships carpenter, Neil Balsam, gets his second chance romance with Mable Ashe, shipyard owner.

Get your copy NOW!
Ebook available 9/9/25
Paperback available 9/10/25

https://a.co/d/6BNUqnW

I finally made it to the Bolivian bakery near my PT office for a little treat/research for #FoodAndLit

I got two cheese empanadas and coconut bread. I haven‘t tried the bread yet but love the empanada.

#WeeklyForecast

#FictionalTraveler #Roll100 #LittensLoveSJM #readyourebooks

Things I did instead of reading this evening :

- failed at deciding on a new show to watch
- vibed to a “top hits of 2006” playlist
- bought 2 dresses that I‘d been thinking about
- dusted and decluttered my bed side table
- bought tickets to the jousting this weekend
- continued to wonder where some of my misplaced objects are
- looked guiltily at the pile of library books I probably won‘t get around to reading

#WeeklyFavorites

Finally got myself together enough to finish August‘s #LittensLoveSJM buddy read.

#WeeklyUpdate

The Monday blahs have hit. My body is at my desk but my mind is roaming a bookstore.

I‘m super excited to finally have an indie bookstore within an hour of my house. We went a couple of weekends ago. I‘ll have to share my haul soon.

https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/09/08/a-day-out-in-rome-georgia-2/

#mondaymood @Deblovestoread

I can't believe this is such an issue, but nothing surprises me anymore. I would NEVER teach in a school where vaccinations weren't required. Never.

The way I was SURPRISED that this happened in England and NOT Australia 🤣

https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/unfair-dismissal-boss-dickhead/

So I couldn‘t find this book in the system. It‘s Stuck with my Pack by Nora Quinn. I don‘t know if it‘s self published or what, I randomly picked it up on KU.

This book has had quite a few typos and the flow/chapters are weird, but this might be the worst.

Suttle… subtle?

Please confirm suttle is not a word. 🤦‍♀️🫣🤦‍♀️

Sunday fun day