Personal Rituals

It's beginning to look as if the season to dust off my Miss Read book collection is here. I love these books! They take place in 1950s/60s Cotswold, England, and center around an old maid school teacher and the quirky villagers who make up her world. Aaah... one day I will actually visit my beloved Cotswolds but in the mean time, I will continue to read and re-read these cozy stories and dream. For some reason I have certain books that have to be read at specific times of the year. For instance, Agatha Christie, James Herriot, and M.C Beaton's Hamish MacBeth series are definite reads in the winter with a fire going and a homemade quilt tucked 'round. Jan Karon and Karen White books are just sooo southern they have to wait for the lazy summer afternoons on the front porch. I call it my "personal ritual,"the little something that I look forward to that makes me happy. It is just for me and the anticipation of it is oh so fun!  I think everyone has them. They are little things, usually very simple, and are good for the soul.