Pablo and Baby A. are snuggled in the big blue armchair reading a book about chickens. Chicken books are the favorite birthday present of the day. Good thing too because she received a fair number of them this past week. Her auntie keeps chickens. Baby A. has held tiny chicks in two cupped hands and [...]
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A Note From the Author
Posted in Books, Small Moments, reading, tagged Books, Chickens, Parenting, reading, Small Moments on 10 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why Can’t I Finish This Book??
Posted in Books, reading, tagged Beloved, Books, monkeys, reading on 23 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
The Year of Punch – Week One
Posted in Books, Thankfulness, cooking on 3 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As 2009 has been officially declared The Year of Punch, I broke out the big pitcher and headed to the store for juice and ginger ale. Punch everyday seemed like a good way to completely negate the no-Pepsi plan, so we’ve opted for a punch a week. 52 (hopefully) glorious sparkling beverages await us this year.
This [...]
More Waiting
Posted in Books, School, tagged School, Waiting on 19 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Waiting for grades, waiting for an interview response, waiting for next week, waiting for the day I can attend a school function without feeling like I’m a hundred years out of place.
Today was a longish sort of day. It snowed like mad last night and my drive to work was stressful. I remembered meter money [...]
