Meanderings and Muses: September 2026

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Just one more tiny reason I love our little home in the mountains

Today's gift.

Annabelle and I stepped out onto the back deck this morning to be greeted by this early glimpse of Fall.

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" Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention”

― John O'Donohue

Books Read in 2026

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
The Charmed Library by Jennifer Moorman
The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen *
The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow by Leah Weiss *
The Final Target by Nora Roberts *
The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris by Mark Pryor
Peachtree Road by Ann Rivers Siddons (re-read) * *
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher **
Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews
A Study in Secrets by Jefftey Siger
More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams
Writer in Residence by Rhonda McKnight *
Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris
A Thousand Painted Hours by Barbara O'Neal *
Fear the Reaper by David Housewright
The Seance Garden by Juliet Blackwell
Murder Unabridged by P.J. Nelson
Kin by Tayari Jones
Saoirse by Charlene Hurtubise
Five-Star Summer by Sarah Morgan
The Villa of Secrets by Emma Burstall
Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen
Curses, Critters, and Other Complications by Kat Farrow *
The Secret Thread by Eve Chase *
A Perfect Summer in Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson
The Tearoom Inheritance by Hannah Langdon
Fury in Death by J. D. Robb * *
The Painting by Sheila Myers
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (re-read) ***
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli
The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
God's Country by William Kent Krueger
Between Greek Balconies by Francesca Catlow
The Valencia Expat Club by June Patrick
Those Who Are Gone by Laurie R. King
Ten Perfect Guests by Jonathan Santlofer
The English Bookstore in Bologna by Boo Walker
The Treasure House by Amy Matthews
The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson
The Magic of Chamomile Cottage by Heather Webber
Birth of the Witch by Nora Roberts
Seven Days on the Italian Island by Victoria Springfield
Origin by Dan Brown
The Missed Connection by Tia Williams
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Changing Lanes by Rebeca Seitz and Kathleen C. Rooney
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
The Lost Painting A Novel by Sara Blaydes
The Protectorate by Samantha Sonnett
Wake-Up Calls by Mariah Stewart
Same River Twice by Wiley Cash
When the World Was Happy by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Miss Wolcott's Ghost by Louise Penny
Friends and Family by Natalie Baszile
Last Mission to Paris by Susan Elia MacNeal
She Was Never Here by Lisa Unger
The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter
The Jewel of Sugar Hill by Fiona Davis
Pantry by Amy Bloom
Meet Me in the Garden by Nina LaCouris
The Herbalist by Heather Morrison
You'll Never Find Me by Tracy Clark
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham
Bad Company by Sara Paretsky

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