Welcome to Carmen's Book Adventure

As I type this, it is Saturday night, I am writing a new episode of the Bubbly Bibbly podcast, and listening to my "Songs I Love" Amazon...

I have gone on and on about my built-in bookcase, handcrafted by cabinet-maker David Morrow. If you listen to the podcast Rachel and I...

Remember how I told you a couple of days ago that my dad was a man of truth? When I was summarizing the alumnae sorority drama to my mom,...

My 55th birthday came and went with very little fanfare. When your birthday is on a Monday during a pandemic there aren't many options,...

My dad has COPD, and has for years. He was a smoker until the grands were born, so he stopped smoking about 25 years ago. He was also in...

A coworker is going to Enterprise, Alabama for a few days. Enterprise is known to me for two reasons: tornadoes seem to love it there,...

It's been a month since my last post, and so much has been going on. A summary: My dad has been in the hospital twice, and now has oxygen...

avuncular adjective avun·​cu·​lar | \ ə-ˈvəŋ-kyə-lər \ Definition of avuncular 1: suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or...

I was watching an episode of Hot Ones from First We Feast with Henry Rollins on YouTube when he was asked an AWESOME question: If you...

doppelganger dop·pel·gäng·er n. 1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart. 2. Either of...

I love Emmanuel Acho's "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man". It is honest, sometimes raw, and always illuminating. In one of...

diaspora [dīˈaspərə] NOUN the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. synonyms: relocation · resettling · population movement ·...

I was thinking the other day about showering. I don't know why, but if I don't get up and get right in the shower, I dread showering for...

I was looking at a journal page on the Decorative Journaling group on fb today, and I saw a reference to "not many spoons today". I had...

copacetic adjective co·​pa·​cet·​ic | \ ˌkō-pə-ˈse-tik \ variants: or less commonly copasetic or copesetic Definition of copacetic :...

A few weeks ago, I posted about when a series fizzles out after a wonderful first book in the series. Well, do you see this crow, looking...

I just finished an awe-inspiring book. You can find my review on both Goodreads and BubblyBibbly.com. It was "King and the Dragonflies"...

Friday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, and Monday most Americans are off work to honor this man, as a holiday. As we prepare...

This summer I was visiting a friend (now ex-friend, but that's another story), who had another guest and her dog. We were sitting on the...

Since the siege on the United States Capitol building Wednesday morning, I have heard a word over and again with which I am unfamiliar:...