English can be a hard language to learn. Part of this is due to our use of idioms. I was thinking Watch Your Tongue: What Our Everyday Sayings and Idioms Literally Figuratively Mean, by Mark Abley was going to be fun … and it was, but it was also a rich and detailed read and I found reading it in chapters in-between other books the best way to go. The author explains the origins of an idiom, how it might have changed over time, and those that are now obsolete. What was fun was that it was written with idioms! There were many chuckles here.

We all age, there’s no getting around it, but, how do you know when you are actually, well, old? Romney S. Humphrey takes on that challenge in her book for Baby Boomers titled How I Learned I’m Old. Some I laughed at, others not so much since they involved shopping or parties, neither of which I do much, but it’s worth a look to see what you will find funny. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog