Just over halfway through Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved, I am stalled. I have tried to finish it before and failed. Usually, I do better listening to a difficult to read book than just sitting down to look at it. Could it be the author’s reading?
The not-finishing doesn’t make sense to me. I like the language. [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Why Can’t I Finish This Book??
Posted in Books, reading, tagged Beloved, Books, monkeys, reading on 23 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Truck-based Advice
Posted in Small Moments, tagged Goat Cheese, Small Moments on 16 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I drove home today behind a giant truck. No logo, no advertising, just – www.buygoatcheese.com in neat, reasonably sized letters across the back.
I stopped at the store. Bought goat-cheese. Came home.
My friend says it is the best truck-based advice ever.
Employment Opportunity
Posted in Uncategorized on 13 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
This job title caught my eye today:
Alternative Sounds Coordinator
Is this the person you call when the chalk is squeaky and you want to replace that sound with another one? Can this person help when you’re taking an exam and maintenance is slicing through steel bars in the lobby? “Excuse me,” I would say. “I’d like [...]
The Kind of Love You Can See
Posted in Growing, Thankfulness, tagged Changing, Friendship, Growing, Love, Thankfulness on 11 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I used to be an angry girl. This is hard for people who’ve only met me recently to believe, but trust me, it is true. I was angry and mean and generally unpleasant to be around. My mother tells people they put something in my IV when I was in labor that made me nice.
I’ve [...]
Seen Around Town
Posted in Uncategorized on 8 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On a restaurant sign, advertising the flavor of the day in blinking electronic wonderfulness:
WALLEYE IS BACK!
DRINK HORSE MILK!!
I’m pretty sure I read at least one of those incorrectly.
And What Happened To My Punch?
Posted in Small Moments on 7 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homework. That’s what happened. Homework and a whirlwind trip down south to help cook a very large meal.
I am home now, but the homework pile seems to have doubled overnight. When was the last time I had to think about log-log graphs? 10th grade maybe? So, I’ve been pulling algebra out of the crevices of [...]
