Breakfast Toast

August 16, 2025

Two Old Women: Book Review

One day, I was browsing the bookshelves of my local library looking for something interesting to read. There’s one particular shelf in an adult section of the library that I like to browse all the time, and it’s one that has books of myth, folklore, and fairytales . I eventually found a book that I had never heard of or read before; Two Old Women . Two Old Women is a book written by Velma Wallis . It is an Alaskan legend of the Gwich’in people that Wallis’s mother told her after they had finished collecting firewood (p. xi). According to Wallis, her mother had told her this story because of an earlier conversation they had while collecting firewood (p. X.) Wallis was amazed by the fact that her mother still collected her own firewood despite being in her early fifties, and despite the work being physically difficult for her (p. xii) According to Wallis, the elders amongst her people would work until they couldn’t move or until they died (p. xii). After talking about these things, her ...

I decided to try something new today for breakfast. I made toast, but instead of putting butter or jam on it, I put a fried egg on it, a little bit of chopped tomato, and some lettuce and kale. The toast with fried egg tasted pretty good, though I wondered if I could’ve added something else to it. I’m glad I tried it out. I also had it with some oatmeal and fruit.

I’ve been working on a couple of other stories lately. I’ve also been reading and listening to other books, like The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon, The Valley of Fear by Conan Doyle, and a couple of A to Z Mysteries books by Ron Roy. I enjoy mystery stories and I love Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock books are by far the best mystery books I’ve ever read. The mysteries are unique and I like Watson and Holmes’ friendship. Holmes has a knack for noticing clues that Watson or other detectives overlook, which is one of the reasons he’s such an interesting character. I may write my thoughts on the Valley of Fear in another post once I finish reading it.

Here is a video of me making the toast and fried eggs, along with some photos.