Reading in the Garden

Touring Texas If you read my last post, you know that we just went to San Antonio, Texas on vacation.   And if you’ve followed some of my regular posts, you also know that I’m a huge fan of Little Free Libraries and have made several Little Library tours.   This trip was no exception, though my tour was reduced to visiting only two libraries in Boerne, a little town north of San Antonio, and they happen to be right close to each other. Here’s the first one and it’s a showpiece!   Check out this awesome little phone booth. I left The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas (one of my favorite reads) and took Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander Smith. (Part of the popular detective series, a few of which I've enjoyed in the past.) The second Little Free Library was right next to The Bear Moon Bakery and Cafe.  Unfortunately, it  was already closed. It looks like a pretty cool place.   The Little Free Library was open, though and I left ...

The Siege of the Alamo This book was more about the destination for me. I chose to read this non-fiction history book about the battle at the Alamo because we planned a trip to San Antonio, Texas which is, of course where the Alamo is located.  I wanted to buff up a bit on the history of the great defeat of 182 Texans against thousands of Mexicans. In thirteen chapters I learned about the background and the people involved in the siege that began on February 23, 1836.   There was the wild and daring Jim Bowie, after whom the Bowie knife is named. As a child, he rode on the backs of alligators in Louisiana. Before coming to the Alamo and before tragedy struck, he was a land scammer and slave trader.   Davy Crockett, the renown frontiersman, legendary marksman, and congressman came to the Alamo in his buckskin outfit with a dozen Tennessee volunteers. When he wasn’t elected for his fourth campaign in c...