Comforting things
Of Ghouls, Ghosts, and Gingerbread
I’m a creature of habit. Every few years I reread The Lord of the Rings series, along with The Hobbit. I hit Emma and Pride and Prejudice in the winter. Fall is reserved for comfort reading — and a few good scares. For the first, there’s nobody better than Laurie Colwin. I first discovered her…
Read MoreWhoosh!
That’s the sound summer makes as it is flies by. Can you hear it? The kids start school in just over a week, and there’s still a long list of things we want to do. More time! I need more time! But the time we’ve had so far has been pretty special. Long days on…
Read MoreWarm Weather At Last
Once Upon A Time…
A long, long time ago, so long ago I can barely remember, a baby was born. She was kind of cute, at least for the first few months, but then she got bigger. She slept in my room, and she used my toys, and she got me in trouble. I did not care for this.…
Read MoreDid I Really Write That???
I’m having such a good time today looking at Reel Swell, a blog by Julie. She’s put up her Book Boyfriend meme entry, and, um … heck, just go see for yourself. : )
Read MoreMother's Day Grooming Advice
Spoken by the youngest at a very early hour, inches from my head on the pillow: “Those lines there (finger poke) are they wrinkles? I think you are getting wrinkles. That means you are going to die soon.” Followed by: “Did you know you should always check your eyebrows for dead flies? I checked and…
Read MoreRiding That Success Train
The ever-charming and entertaining Joshilyn Jackson posted a blog post today that started me thinking. I’m the kind of person for whom “good” is not usually “enough,” and my definition of success is constantly being adjusted upwards. It’s a good thing, having goals, but there’s also something to be said for enjoying the moment, for…
Read MoreSpring Haz Sprung
I went for a run this week. It was cold and raining, and uphill both ways (okay, maybe it just felt that way) but it was the only day this week when I could do a real run outside. (I did not take the slobbering beast, because while he’ll spend hours outside in the snow,…
Read MoreWhere You'll Find Me, Now and Then
Libraries. I love them. You go in, sign a piece of paper, and they let you take home books. For free. As many as you can carry. (And I can carry a lot.) How insane is that? Not just books, either. CDs, DVDs, even art. Museum passes. Again, all for free. Show me your library,…
Read MoreThe Grand Finale
RJ Julia is to books as Nordstrom’s is to shoes. (My husband gets very nervous whenever I type a sentence like that, but it is true.) It’s filled top to bottom with interesting, intelligent people talking about books you never knew you wanted but suddenly just have to have, and I can never go home…
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