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Shakespeare and Star Trek
“Cherry Blossom Time”
“A Sleepy Hollow State of Mind”
“Nature’s Luminescent Light Shows”
City-Born Country Cats
Step Into History and Touch the Future
“June is Bustin’ Out All Over”
Visiting Rare Gems Among the 1000 Islands
Kauai – Hawaii’s Garden Isle (Part 2)
“A Touch of Autumn in the Adirondacks”
“Enjoying Winter’s Floriculture”
Great Wilds of Yellowstone National Park
Wintering in Beaver Camp Grounds in the Adirondacks by Carolyn M Johnson
LOWVILLE FOREST DEMONSTRATION AREA – LEWIS COUNTY, NEW YORK by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, January 2015
AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE IN THE ADIRONDACKS
#871 (no title)
DISCOVERING ENGLISH LITERATURE IN BITS & BYTES: AN INTERNET APPROACH to ENGLISH and AMERICAN LITERATURE / by Carolyn M Johnson / ADDITIONAL ADJUNCT ONLINE WEB SITES to ACCOMPANY 12 books in print / BRITISH LITERATURE (in 4 volumes) / AMERICAN LITERATURE (in 4 volumes) / ENGLISH LITERATURE – MISC (in 4 vols)
A WEDDING TO REMEMBER & CHERISH, June 18 2016, the Marriage of Maia Swasey and Cody Robenski, by Carolyn M Johnson, with suggestions by Janet L. Swasey
Extra Notes for Chapters on SELECTED CLASSIC LITERATURE OF INTEREST TO YOUNG READERS in Ser 03, Vol 4, of Discovering English Literature in Bits and Bytes: An Internet Approach to British and American Literature…
Lyn’s Recommended Reads of Classic Children’s Books
Some of Lyn’s Favorite Quotes
Occasional Prompts/Ideas to Inspire Writers
SOMETHING EXTRA to Go With INTRODUCTION to DISCOVERING ENGLISH LITERATURE IN BITS AND BYTES…
A Bit of My Poetry
more of my poetry
WATKINS GLEN STATE PARK, Central NY
SOME UNIQUE LITTLE CRITTERS IN and AROUND NEW YORK STATE by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (February 2020) (expanded version)
CLASSIC ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – a Contents Page (a preview of a volume in the educational aids series: DISCOVERING ENGLISH LITERATURE IN BITS & BYTES: AN INTERNET APPROACH by Carolyn M Johnson) (as of 2020 May)
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN SPRING BY VISITING FLOWER & GARDEN EXHIBITS (expanded by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, March 2020
EARLY MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE – Contents Pages (for DISCOVERING BRITISH LITERATURE IN BITS & BYTES: AN INTERNET APPROACH – Series 01 Volume 03: FIN D’SIECLE – EARLY MODERN – ODDS N’ ENDS [Looking Backward and Forward]) (as of May 2020)
“TO THE TOP OF WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN” by Carolyn M. Johnson in “NATURE PLACE JOURNAL” May 2020
THE LATER YEARS OF THE ERA OF ELIZABETH I through THE VICTORIAN AGE – Contents Pages (for DISCOVERING BRITISH LITERATURE IN BITS & BYTES: AN INTERNET APPROACH, ser. 01, vol.02) (as of May 2020)
AN AFTERNOON IN THOMPSON PARK IN NORTHERN NY by Carolyn M Johnson (NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, June 2020)
A poem for Church Communities During the Pandemic (June 2020)
A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW by Carolyn M Johnson in Nature Place Journal, July 2020
A HIDDEN GEM — DOWNEYBROOK, in NORTHERN NEW YORK by Carolyn M Johnson (July 2019) in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL
** Contents Pages for CLASSIC LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS – a volume of Discovering English Literature in Bits & Bytes: An Internet Approach (in progress)
Essential Things to Note in this 2020 + World (Part 1: Bernie Sanders)
Essential Things to Note in 2020+ (Part 2: Tulsi Gabbard)
Essential Things to Note in 2020+ (part 3: A Few Shoots)
A Re-Write Of An Old Poem that Seems to Echo Today’s Times
BOOKS TO NOTE: Of Real Places, Real Events, and Fictional Adventures – at “From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors” Web site (August 2020)
**MY PUBLISHED BOOKS – Where to Find**
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (September 2020): AN OLD MCDONALD’S FARM IN NORTHERN NEW YORK by Carolyn M Johnson
my middle grade novel ms (currently titled “A Millennium Era Mystery”) — updates toward publication (Sept 2020+)
Horsebacking Riding at Stillmeadow Ranch in Northern NY (September 2020) in Nature Place Journal
Essential Things to Note in 2020 (Part 4: Issues)
OF KAUAI HAWAII AND OTHER HAWAIIAN ISLANDS – TALES AND TRADITIONS FOR MIDDLE GRADE READERS at FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS (Oct 2020)
BOOKS TO NOTE: MYSTERIES IN BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES, AT BOOK FAIRS AND FESTIVALS, IN LITERARY LANDMARKS, AND OTHER LITERARY PLACES at From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors (October 2020) (and ongoing)
**A MIDDLE GRADE MYSTERY NOVEL I’VE WRITTEN – a preview – as publishers and agents consider queries on it
Essential Things to Note 2020+ (find symbolic oasis spots in symbolic desert places!)
WRITING PROMPTS TO INSPIRE (November 2020>)
BOOKS TO NOTE: A POTPOURRI OF CHRISTMAS READS for middle grade readers (in progress) – An Annotated Booklist (first intended for the Web site From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors)
FALL FOLIAGE TOUR IN NORTHERN NEW YORK by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, November 2020 (expanded version)
BOOKS TO NOTE: ANIMALS’ ADVENTURES WITH THEIR YOUNG HUMAN FRIENDS – an annotated booklist I compiled – first posted 2020 12 23 at the Web site for: From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors
Bernie Sanders 2021-
TULSI GABBARD 2021-
?BIDEN’S Beginnings to Work On Things ???
BOOKS TO NOTE: A MISCELLANY FOR BEGINNING READERS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF AND BY NORWEGIAN-AMERICANS, and NORWEGIANS, with refs to customs in Norwegian-American places and in Norway
SOME GOOD ‘SHORT READS’ TO NOTE (in progress)
A MEMORABLE SPRING AFTER A LONG HARD WINTER by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, April 2021
BOOKS TO NOTE: NATURE BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS (Non-Fic and Fiction)
A POTPOURRI OF FASCINATING READS FOR MIDDLE GRADE READERS (On-Going)
A POTPOURRI OF READS FOR MIDDLE GRADE BOYS (always in progress)
A DIVERSITY OF SCANDINAVIAN & SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE TO NOTE (May 18 2021 – annual Norwegian -American Heritage Day)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (MAY 2021): MY FAMILY’S LILAC CONNECTIONS by Carolyn M. Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: Camping Adventures Stories for Middle Grade Readers (always in progress)
A POTPOURRI OF PANDEMIC ERA READS (with Unique Approaches to Crises) (in progress)
A POTPOURRI OF READS ABOUT TREES (fiction & non-fiction) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: A POTPOURRI OF CHRISTIAN FICTION (respectfully) (some featuring aspects in underlying ways; others in direct ways; others in alternating ways) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: MYSTERIES IN PLACES (for middle grade readers) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF NATIVE AMERICANS — Fic/NF for Young Readers of Various Ages (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL – June 2021 “NATURE AND TODDLERS! OH MY!” by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTIAN STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS (always in progress)
MY SUGGESTED COLLECTION OF CLASSICS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE (audio) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE – Reads About BOOK SHOPS and BOOK SELLERS, LIBRARIES and LIBRARIANS (always in progress) / see also BOOKS TO NOTE: Reads About Libraries and Librarians for various readers
* CAROLYN’S COLUMN OF OCCASIONAL COMMENTARIES & CONTEMPLATIONS (June-Sept 2021)
BOOKS TO NOTE: UNIQUE MUSICAL STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS OF ALL AGES (in Non-Fiction and Fiction)
BOOKS TO NOTE: BIOGRAPHIES & AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE – QUARANTINE TIME BOOKS and PANDEMIC ERA READS (in progress)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL – 2021 July – “COUNTY FAIR PROJECTS, JUST FOR FUN” by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES CENTERED IN GARDENS (for Readers in General) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: UNSUNG WOMEN (ongoing) (see also Books to Note: Biographies and Autobiographies of Women Scientists)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL – August 2021 – “RESCUED!” by Carolyn M. Johnson, as told to by family members
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES OF LIBRARIES FOR YOUNG READERS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE – BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS – FOR VARIOUS AGES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS OF SOME U.S. FIRST LADIES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: ABOUT AND BY SOME WHITE HOUSE CHILDREN (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: – UNIQUENESSES TO NOTE – WHITE HOUSE, ETC. (For All Age Readers)(ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: ADVENTURES WITH SIBLINGS OR BEST BUDDIES – for middle-grade & younger readers (ongoing) (single vols or series of vols)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SCI-FI FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS+, or OF INTEREST TO YOUNG READERS (ongoing) (in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: FOR YOUNG READERS OF COLOR, AND OTHERS (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL – 2021 September -“EAT LOCAL” by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: WW II, BEHIND THE SCENES (ongoing)
MULTI-CULTURAL/DIVERSITY IN SCANDINAVIAN AND SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN BOOKS (ongoing)
* CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – October 2021 (AKA Carolyn’s Column of Occasional Commentaries & Contemplations, Oct 2021)
* My Special Web Areas – Science Bits & Bytes, Lyn the Librarian/Writer, Writers’ Gathering, Symbolic Images+ to Note, Unique News to Note
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, October 2021 – AUTUMN IN NORTHERN NY by Carolyn M Johnson
*CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2021 October and November
BOOKS TO NOTE and MORE TO NOTE for YOUNG READERS: OF THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED (such as those with shyness, temporary disabilities, after-effects of illnesses, plus scoliosis, heart conditions, and more), with Interesting Facts and Web sites to note (all ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: GRAPHIC NOVELS THAT ARE WHOLESOME (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: FICTION AND NON-FICTION SET IN HAWAII, & SOME HISTORICAL HAWAIIAN FICTION (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE – ARE THERE WAYS OUT OF TODAY’S WORLD’S CONUNDRUMS? (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE (in progress)(ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: HAUNTING TALES (in progress)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, November 2021: A WINTER WALKING TOUR IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: TIME TRAVEL STORIES (Ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME CHRISTMAS STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: RETOLD FAIRY TALES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF SCANDINAVIANS and SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICANS (ongoing)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2021 December
BOOKS TO NOTE – A MISCELLANY OF CHRISTMAS STORIES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: TITANIC Stories – Non-Fiction & Fiction – for Various Ages (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, 2021 December – ENJOYING NATURE INDOORS IN COLD WEATHER WITH BLOOMING PLANTS by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: A POTPOURRI MISCELLANY (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME BIOGRAPHIES and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FOR YOUNG READERS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: NEW YEAR – What Does This Time Mean? (for Young Readers) (ongoing)
Books to Note: Wintertime and Christian Stories (for young readers) (ongoing-) / see instead: Books to Note: Some Wintertime Stories and Christianity
BOOKS TO NOTE: Some Wintertime Stories and Christianity (direct or hinted at) (for young readers)(ongoing-)
*CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2022 January
* CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – SPECIAL – OF MY MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL MANUSCRIPT SUBTITLED “A MILLENIUM ERA MYSTERY TALE”
BOOKS TO NOTE: SERIES FOR YOUNG READERS (including 3 or more books in one series) (for various ages)(ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (a planned article for 2022 02): “NEW WONDERS ABOUND AT, or ARE COMING TO, ‘ZOO NEW YORK’ ” by Carolyn M Johnson
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (2022 January): “THIS PLACE IS A ZOO!” by Carolyn M. Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: UNIQUE STORIES FROM WW 2 (for various ages) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: LITTLE NATURALISTS – Women and Men – for Young Readers (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: POETS and THEIR POEMS (for young readers) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: GREAT BOOKS RETOLD for Tots and Other Beginning Readers (ongoing)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – February 2022
BOOKS TO NOTE: ASIAN-AMERICANS and ASIANS TO NOTE (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS OF NOTE (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, 2022 February – BALD EAGLE IN CENTRAL NY by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE (Fiction & Non-Fiction) On HAWAII (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME HISPANIC/LATINO/ SPANISH-AMERICAN READS FOR VARIOUS AGES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Historical Fiction on 9/11/2001 (for adults and children) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE – Some Russian Stories (Fiction or Non-Fiction) (not on Communism, or versus it) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Stories About Orphans
BOOKS TO NOTE – HAWAII’S PEARL HARBOR (Then and Now)(Non-Fiction & Historical Fiction) (for various ages) (ongoing)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS (MARCH 2022)
BOOKS TO NOTE: On Jane Austen Works (By & About) with Some Unusual Aspects Noted (but not weird things)
BOOKS TO NOTE: What Every Girl Should Read (see more in next post)
BOOKS TO NOTE: What All Girls Should Read (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: AUDIO-BOOKS (including books narrated by well-known people)
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES ABOUT UKRAINE For Young Readers
BOOKS TO NOTE: ABOUT THE UKRAINE NATION
BOOKS TO NOTE: BY AND ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS (AKA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES) (of the past and of the present) (for young readers & some adult readers) (always in progress)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, March 2022 – Urban Arboretum in Watertown, NY by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: ANCIENT PEOPLE & THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS (for various ages) (NF & F)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Books About Books & Storytellers (for various ages)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – APRIL 2022 (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE – JUST A FEW SPORTS STORIES
BOOKS TO NOTE: Stories of the TITANIC (NF/Fic) (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, 2022 APRIL: TREASURE HUNTING IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME SPORTS FICTION FOR YOUNG READERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: MUSICAL FICTION / HISTORICAL FICTION (always in progress)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS (MAY 2022)
BOOKS TO NOTE – TIME TRAVEL STORIES (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: About Classical Composers & Musicians (Non-Fiction, and Fiction)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Historical Fiction for Children (in progress)
MAGAZINES FOR GIRLS (in progress)
MAGAZINES FOR GIRLS (best list)
Nature Place Journal (2022 May): VIEW FROM THE TOP by Carolyn M Johnson
INDEX to CAROLYN’s ARTICLES, BOOKLISTS and POETRY, at clynjohnson.wordpress.com (always in progress and continually updated)
BOOKS TO NOTE: MYSTERIES of the Classic Kind (in progress, and on-going)
BOOKS TO NOTE: AUDIO (Fiction &Nonfiction)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS (June 2022)
BOOKS TO NOTE: A Miscellany for the Not-Yet Pre-Teens, or Some Early Chapter Books (ongoing)
MISCELLANEOUS: PROFESSIONAL BOOK REVIEW SOURCES (always ongoing and updated)
BOOKS TO NOTE: LITERARY COOKBOOKS
BOOKS TO NOTE: INTERESTING BOOKS OF A SPECIAL NATURE – Stories With Touches of the Religious Kind (with respect to various viewpoints)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (2022 June): NATURE’S MYSTERIES ON MY PROPERTY by Carolyn M. Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: HISTORICAL FICTION (series) (some for adults, some for children) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: BEACH READS (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: COOKBOOKS OF THE CULTURAL KIND (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: GOOD READS SET IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES (ongoing)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS (JULY 2022)
BOOKS TO NOTE: UNIQUE STORIES (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: THE WHITE HOUSE AND SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE OR VISITED
BOOKS TO NOTE: 9-11-2001 (NF or based on real events)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME CLASSIC READS BY CLASSIC AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: SCIENCE-BASED HISTORICAL FICTION AND NON-FICTION (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: AMERICAN REVOLUTION LADIES (in progress, and ongoing) (see instead: SOME AMERICAN REVOLUTION LADIES TO NOTE)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME AMERICAN REVOLUTION LADIES TO NOTE (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL 2022 July: “LAVENDER: A UNIQUE FLORAL WONDER” by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: EARLY AMERICA (Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction) (for various ages) – Stories of Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early U.S. Times
BOOKS TO NOTE: Stories About SCANDINAVIANS and SCANDINAVIAN AMERICANS
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2022 July
BOOKS TO NOTE: TALES SET IN NEW YORK STATE
BOOKS TO NOTE: U.S. PRESIDENTS & PRESIDENTIAL COUPLES
BOOKS TO NOTE: WORLD WAR ONE – NON-FIC and HISTORICAL FICTION
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME BIOGRAPHIES and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF IMMIGRANTS (NON-FICTION plus HISTORICAL FICTION)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THINGS OF NOTE CONNECTED TO THEM (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES FROM OR ABOUT OTHER NATIONS WITH INTEREST FOR YOUNG U.S. READERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES ESPECIALLY FOR BOYS (in progress, ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS FOR PRE-TEEN READERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES FOR GIRLS (in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: HISTORICAL FICTION + NON-FICTION ABOUT BERLIN WALL HAPPENINGS (in progress)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS 2022 AUGUST
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, 2022 August: FASCINATING ANIMALS: LLAMAS and ALPACAS
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES ABOUT LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: ESCAPING DISASTERS OR TRYING TO (Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction) (for various ages)
Carolyn’s Considerations – Specials – My Poetry
SOME QUOTES TO NOTE
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL 2022 August “FASCINATING ANIMALS – LLAMAS AND ALPACAS” by Carolyn M. Johnson
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS 2022 SEPTEMBER
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF FINE ARTS & ARTISTS FOR YOUNG READERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: SCHOOL ADVENTURES
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES SET IN SOUTH AMERICA
BOOKS TO NOTE: Stories Set in Asian Nations
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF REFUGEES (Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction) (for various ages) (in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: QUEEN ELIZABETH II (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Some Books Reviewed by Carolyn M Johnson (in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILY (in progress)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL September 2022: The WHAT, WHERE, WHY, and WHO At A DISCOVERY ZOO by Carolyn M. Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: MORE ABOUT HAWAII (Always in Progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction) (in progress) (a gathering of literary works aiming to paint a portrait of the city where a relative was born and grew up)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOMEWHAT SCARY READS FOR YOUNG READERS (ongoing and in-progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME INTERESTING STORIES OF THE RELIGIOUS KIND (BUT SUBTLY) (for various ages) (in progress) (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: HISTORICAL FICTION and NON-FICTION FOR BOYS (in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Of RUSSIA’S LAST ROYAL FAMILY, AND THE ONE BEFORE (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: AMERICA – EARLY 1800s
My Book Review to Note: MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS: OCTOBER 2022
BOOKS TO NOTE: PUZZLEMENTS!
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, 2022 OCTOBER: IN THE QUEEN’S GARDEN IN NEW YORK CITY
BOOKS TO NOTE: HALLOWEEN OR ANYTIME SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF THE GENTLE KIND (for young readers)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2022 NOVEMBER
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTMAS STORIES (not religious) (or sometimes just slightly) (in progress)
MISC: STORIES of THE MYSTERIOUS KIND (media-based)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Of LIBRARIANS (Autobiographies and Biographies) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: SOME HALLOWEEN-TIME STORIES OF THE SCARY KIND (for adults) (in progress)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, November 2022 – AUTUMN HOUSE PLANTS, by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: THANKSGIVING (History and Traditions)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS: HINTS ON WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS WRITE POEMS
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTIAN HISTORICAL FICTION and CHRISTIAN FICTION (always in progress)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS 2022 DECEMBER
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, DECEMBER 2022 — SNOWFLAKES by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: WHITE HOUSE PEOPLE – HISTORICAL FICTION OR FICTION (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: DISABLED, DIFFERENTLY-ABLED, and HANDICAPPED – THEIR STORIES (Fiction, Non-Fiction) (for different ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: Stories About BOOKSHOPS (for young readers) (on-going)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2023 JANUARY
BOOKS TO NOTE: WRITERS ON WRITING
BOOKS TO NOTE: RECENT GOOD READS THAT WILL LIKELY BE THE GREAT MODERN CLASSICS OF OUR TIME (ongoing)
THE NATURE OF LAKE PLACID, NY IN WINTER (for NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, January 2023) by Carolyn M Johnson
MISCELLANEOUS – 2022+
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS OF THE LITERARY KIND — A GUIDE FOR WHAT TO READ (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: ALTERNATE REALITIES FICTION and HISTORICAL FICTION (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES OF UNDERCOVER SPIES (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: GREAT POETS & THEIR POEMS
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – February 2023
BOOKS TO NOTE: PANDEMIC IN LITERATURE
BOOKS TO NOTE: STRANGE PLACES (Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction) (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: BIRDS WINTERING IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
BOOKS TO NOTE – EUROPE – MISCELLANY – NON-FICTION & HISTORICAL FICTION (ongoing)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – 2023 MARCH
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: MARCH 2023: IT’S SPRING! TRY FOREST BATHING AND WATER WALKING by Carolyn M Johnson (in progress)
Carolyn’s Considerations – 2023 SEPTEMBER (preview, in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTMAS STORIES FOR CHILDREN (CHRISTIAN) (ongoing) (see other page on this subject)
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTMAS STORIES FOR CHILDREEN (CHRISTIAN) (always in progress)
BOOKS TO NOTE: LIBRARIANS KNOWN AS PACKHORSE LIBRARIANS or ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S LIBRARIANS (Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction) (Some for Adults; and Some for Children) (ongoing)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, March 2023: IT’S SPRING! TRY FOREST BATHING and RIVER WALKING! by Carolyn M Johnson
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL April 2023: CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME IN DC
BOOKS TO NOTE: EASTER-TIME (Historical Fiction & Fiction) (for various ages)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – APRIL 2023
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: ADOPT A SPOT FOR NATURE (May 2023) by Carolyn M Johnson
BOOKS TO NOTE: ABOUT MOTHERS (Historical Fiction, plus Fiction, and Non-Fiction)
CAROLYN’S CONSIDERATIONS – Sources Recommending Books to Read (in progress) (on-going)
ADOPT A SPOT FOR NATURE in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, May 2023
ADOPT A SPOT FOR NATURE’S SAKE in NATURE PLACE, May 2023
BLOSSOMINGS ON MY FRONT PORCH IN NORTHERN NY by Carolyn M Johnson in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, June 2023
BOOKS TO NOTE: Classic GOTHIC TALES Re-Done in DARK SHADOWS TV Series
BOOKS TO NOTE: MYSTERIES OF THE UNIQUE KIND (for various ages)
BOOKS TO NOTE: U.S. CIVIL WAR, Before, During, and After
BOOKS TO NOTE: SERIES (of the Cozy Mystery Kind) (for Readers-in-General)
BOOKS TO NOTE – PAIRS TO COMPARE – FOR YOUNG READERS
BOOKS TO NOTE: WRITINGS BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
BOOKS TO NOTE: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES and Their Plights in Schools Forcing Assimilation
VISITING OUR COUNTY FAIR in Nature Place Journal (August 2023)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, August 2023 – VISITING OUR COUNTY FAIR
VISITING OUR COUNTY FAIR: NATURE PLACE JOURNAL (August 2023)
BOOKS TO NOTE – WOMEN OF IMPORTANCE
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: VISITING MY COUNTY FAIR (July 2023)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: VISITING OUR COUNTY FAIR (August 2023)
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: CRUISING THE ERIE CANAL (September 2023)
BOOKS TO NOTE: STORIES OF THE 1950s
BOOKS TO NOTE: THANKSGIVING
BOOKS TO NOTE: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
OPEN FARM DAY IN LEWIS COUNTY, NY
BOOKS TO NOTE: ALL ABOUT HORSES (for various ages)
DEER HAVEN PARK in NEW YORK’S WHITE DEER REFUGE in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, November 2023
BOOKS TO NOTE: CHRISTMAS STORIES (Popular) (Ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: OF NORWEGIANS & NORWEGIAN-AMERICANS (ongoing)
BOOKS TO NOTE: THE 1970s in the U.S. – Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction (on-going)
EXPERIENCING NATURE INDOORS IN WINTER in NATURE PLACE JOURNAL, DECEMBER 2023
BOOKS TO NOTE – AUSTRALIA – Fiction & Nonfiction
NEW YORK’S WOLF SANCTUARY by Carolyn M Johnson, in Nature Place Journal, January 2024
BOOKS TO NOTE: BOOKS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WINTER WALK ADVENTURES IN NORTHERN NY in Nature Place Journal 2024 02
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL – 2024/03 – ROSALYNN CARTER’S BUTTERFLY TRAIL AND MY BEING A PART OF IT
NATURE PLACE JOURNAL: HIGHLIGHT A GARDEN WITH TOPIARY – April 2024 – by Carolyn M Johnson
poem: ECLIPSE, APRIL 2024

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