This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering.

A Gathering of Christmas Orbs

The Red Portfolio by Harry Wilson Watrous, circa 1900.

Scrooge’s Third Visitor. Illustration by John Leech, from the First Edition of A Christmas Carol. 1843.
What is on your reading list this month?
Have you given yourself permission to take it easy, as the year comes to a close?
Or, as we race the clock to 2016, are you trying to stuff as many books into your brain as possible?
I am still doing the latter, albeit at a slower pace compared to November.
The other difference between this month and last is that I am currently committed to reading lighter fare.
Since 1st December, I’ve finished:
I’m in the midst of reading:
To Be Read by 31 December:

Effie Gray Ruskin by George Frederic Watts, 1851.
What is your favourite book this month?
Which book on your list are you most looking forward to reading?
Please share with me in the comments!
Happy reading.

Illustration of Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball by John Leech. First Edition of A Christmas Carol, 1843.
“Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.”-Jean Toomer
“We do not possess imagination enough to sense what we are missing.”-Jean Toomer
Today is my fifth wedding anniversary with The Chef! We’ll be painting the town a few different colors! See you tomorrow.

The Saturday Night Kid* with Clara Bow and James Hall, 1929
*Yes, I know today is Friday, but The Chef and I are both redheads…so, just go with it!
Today is poet Emily Dickinson’s 185th birthday. Let’s celebrate, shall we?

Drawing of Emily Dickinson as a child
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”-Emily Dickinson

Book cover of Poems by Emily Dickinson, 1890
“I dwell in possibility.”-Emily Dickinson Continue reading
Goodale Park, Columbus:

Fountain with baby elephants. December 4, 2015.