15.February

Best book I've read recently.  We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich was first published in 1942.  "In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it also portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life."

The book first drew me in with it's location.  As a family we have remote camped in the area where Rich lived and wrote about.  What kept me reading was her writing style and how I felt like I came to know her family and the other people who lived in the area.  I felt I was sitting on her front porch while she recapped her day.



Year to Date Count:
books read - 8
loads of laundry -46
movies watched - 10
kid sleep-over here - 3
dinners given - 2
dinners attended - 2