MimiRock at Castle Yonder

This blog will share our life in the Appalachian mountains of SW Virginia. Topics will include wildlife, flora & fauna of the 84 acres on which we live; experiences with our domestic pets; visits from friends and family; some storytelling; issues of aging and cultural and social comments.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

My Reading Corner At Castle Yonder

 
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BOOKS I'VE READ IN 2011

  • "The Human Shadow" by Robert Bly
  • "A Widow's Story: A Memoir" by Joyce Carol Oates
  • "Emily Alone" by Stewart O'Nan
  • Dance Of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
  • 2084--An Oral History of the Great Warming by James Powell
  • Travels In Siberia by Ian Frazier
  • "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest" by Stiegg Larsson
  • "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Stiegg Larsson
  • "Wench" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • "The Girl Who Played With Fire," by Stiegg Larsson
  • "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy
  • "Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
  • "Barrel Fever" by David Sedaris
  • "Enchantress Of Florence" by Salman Rushdie

2011 Movies Viewed In Theaters

  • LIMITLESS with Robert DeNiro
  • THE KING'S SPEECH
  • THE BLACK SWAN

Movies Viewed On TV Or DVD - 2011

The Town
Dinner For Schmucks - Steve Carrel
Daisy Kenyon - Joan Crawford - 1947
This Woman Is Dangerous - Joan Crawford - 1952
The Hospital - 1971, George G. Scott
Social Network - 2010, Jessee Eisenberg
Terms of Endearment - 1983, Shirley McLaine, Jack Nicholson
All Quiet On The Western Front - 1930
Stand and Deliver - 1988
Too Young To Kiss - 1951, June Allyson
Tom Jones - 1963
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - 2010
The Girl Who Played With Fire - 2010
A Love Story - Capatalism, Michael Moore

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Books I've Read in 2010 (Total of 17)

  • "I Still Dream Of You," Fannie Flagg
  • "Help" by ??? (I've forgotten)
  • "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver
  • "America's Women" by Gail Collins
  • "Goddesses In Older Women" by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
  • "Traveling With Pomegranates," by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
  • Death Comes To The Archbishop by Willa Cather
  • The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (2nd X)
  • "Georgia O'Keeffe, An American Legend" by Jeffrey Hogrefe
  • "The Silk Road" by Jeanne Larson
  • "How Never To Look Fat Again"
  • "Long Journey To Freedom by Nelson Mandela"
  • "How Not To Look Old"
  • "Portrait In Sepia" by Isabel Allende
  • "What The Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Lady MacBeth by Susan Fraser King
  • American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson

My Blog List

  • Granny Sue's News and Reviews
    Waiting to Celebrate
    1 day ago
  • Everyone's Blog Posts - Professional Storyteller
    Buck's ending P.S. financial support
    4 years ago
  • Appalachian Lifestyles
    Waiting on Dandelions
    8 years ago
  • MS SPARROW
    Suppertime, Westbrook MN--1950
    9 years ago
  • MamaFlo's Place
  • Stony River: a writing life

Snow On The Roof!

Snow On The Roof!
Snow On The Roof!

BarBQue Cancelled for Today

BarBQue Cancelled for Today
Where Oh Where Is Summer?

Therapy Dogs

Therapy Dogs
Lady and Rosie

Shady Sheep

Shady Sheep
Too hot for a wool coat

Sheep Dung Tea

Sheep Dung Tea
Sweet or unsweet?

Hoosier Larkspur

Hoosier Larkspur
Seeds sent by Indiana childhood friend and planted Fall, 2008 at Castle Yonder.

Beauty and The Beast

Beauty and The Beast
Abe, the gentle beast, and Bonnie, the feisty beauty

Louisiana Iris Along Wet Weather Creek

Louisiana Iris Along Wet Weather Creek
Purchased at a MS arboretum in 1998

Louisiana Iris Blooms This Year 2009

Louisiana Iris Blooms This Year 2009
Has not bloomed for several years due to drought and/or deer.

Rocky and His Grouse

Rocky and His Grouse
Time for lunch!

Well-Camouflaged

Well-Camouflaged
Can you find the grouse?

Mountain Greenery I

Mountain Greenery I

Mountain Greenery II

Mountain Greenery II

Mountain Greenery III

Mountain Greenery III

Mountain Greenery IV

Mountain Greenery IV

Mountain Greenery V

Mountain Greenery V

Ol' Moss Back

Ol' Moss Back
Does this look like a moss covered turtle?

Clematis Climbs the Garden Shed

Clematis Climbs the Garden Shed
Red clematis (Ernest Markham), White (Henryi) with honeysuckle

Clematis Up Close

Clematis Up Close
Ernest Markham about 15 years old

A BIG THANK YOU FOR YUMMY MEALS WHEN WE WERE DOWN & OUT

  • BECKY AND CHRIS VICKERS
  • PAUL AND DIANA CONCO
  • JACK MACFARLANE
  • NORRIS SPENCER
  • JEAN GAY-ASHER
  • RUDY AND LEIGH ANN BRACHER

Oops! This is NOT wild phlox!

Oops! This is NOT wild phlox!
Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Pinkster Flower April 2008

Pinkster Flower April 2008
(Rhododendron periclymenoides)

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)
Close up view

An Early Tulip 2009

An Early Tulip 2009
Scarlet lady!

Our Friend, Norris

Our Friend, Norris
April 27, 2009

Black Morel Mushroom

Black Morel Mushroom
A nice specimen

Rocky Cooks Tonight

Rocky Cooks Tonight
Black morels ready to saute

Barter Theatre April 1, 2009

Barter Theatre April 1, 2009
Ben Mackel as Joseph

...Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

...Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Eugene Wolf and Mike Ostroski

Best Friends

Best Friends
You can still be good friends even if you're married!

The Uncalled-For Tour

The Uncalled-For Tour
A.O.Irwin, Bil Lepp, Kim Whitkamp

Before the Show March 28

Before the Show March 28
Rocky, me, Diana Conco, David Claunch

After The Show

After The Show
Good food, good talk, and best of all, GOOD FRIENDS

The Concos

The Concos
Paul and Diana at the Olive Garden

Coltsfoot Rock

Coltsfoot Rock
Coltsfoot chalk?

Coltsfoot

Coltsfoot
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Sping is here ye!

Tree (Need I Say More?)

Tree (Need I Say More?)
Trees protect, embrace, and bless us.

Who Do You See?

Who Do You See?
Rapunzel or the Witch

Woody's Diner

Woody's Diner
A double hole hammered out by our resident pileated woodpecker last spring.

Blocked Opening

Blocked Opening
Did this tree heal itself? Or was the hole only bark deep?

Rocky Rockwell With Grandchildren

Rocky Rockwell With Grandchildren
"An elderly man loved is like winter surrounded by flowers." Old German proverb

A Winter Mourning Dove

A Winter Mourning Dove
"It's going to be a good day."

The Big Read

The Big Read
Carson McCullers, author of The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

Daffodils Lite

Daffodils Lite
Tete a Tete mini daffodils gather around a solar light

Crocus Wall

Crocus Wall
Purple crocus bloom in rock garden.

An Indoor Spring Garden

An Indoor Spring Garden
Daffodils and forsythia

Purple Finches

Purple Finches
Brown female and rosy male

Winter Moon Rising

Winter Moon Rising
As the sun was going down, the silver moon was coming up. Taken Sat. Feb. 7 on the lane leading into our property.

Stressless Anti-Gravity Chairs

Stressless Anti-Gravity Chairs
Birthday Presents

Best In Show III

Best In Show III
Son-In-Law and Designer Armas Koehler with my son, Alan Spooner

Best In Show I

Best In Show I
Our son-in-law wins the trophy in Philadelphia

Best In Show II

Best In Show II
Thousands of Vanda orchids used in winning display

Philadelphia Flower Show 2009

Philadelphia Flower Show 2009
Winning display used tillandsia (air plants) with dusty roses.

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Philadelphia Flower Show 2009 modern

Philadelphia Flower Show 2009 modern
Amaryllis bulbs kept from the light produce eerie stalks as tho emerging from the garden floor.

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Caribbean Cruise

Caribbean Cruise
Mimi and Rocky on Cruise Ship Dec. '08

Grandkids, Thanksgiving Day, 2008

Grandkids, Thanksgiving Day, 2008
Rocky, me, Chris, Jessica

100th Birthday Party

100th Birthday Party
Uncle Walter, Age 100, with me, Sept. 2008

"Royalty" Icons

"Royalty"   Icons
King and Queen of Castle Yonder
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