The frenetic pace of our moving activities is finally slowing down. We have a few more piles in the garage to deal with, but they […]
decatur book fest – 4 sep 2011
I arrived a little bit early for m volunteer shift at the Decatur Book Festival — things were just starting to get set up.
too much tuscan reading
Every couple of years, I lose myself in my fantasy books. No, not sci-fi. Not my thing. I lose myself in Peter Mayle, Frances Mayes […]
Reading about Turkey
When preparing for a trip, I always like to read. Not just the travel books, but historical books, historical fiction, travel narratives, fiction, just about […]
books!
what do you read in your free (ha ha) time? Has it changed through the years? when I finished my thesis, I read nothing but […]
astroboy
while in Japan last year, we stopped in a huge bookstore in Kyoto. Camille had been interested in manga for a while, and I figured […]
Going to the Library
As with most families, we are frequent patrons of our library system. We generally have 30-50 books checked out at any given moment and are […]
Kindled Thoughts
I came across this article E-book ‘will not threaten paperback’ today. But Stephen Bury, head of European and American collections at the British Library, said […]
Kindle, Day Two
Yesterday (day 2) I decided to buy a couple of books that I had sampled the previous day. First, I couldn’t get the wireless to […]
Kindle, First Thoughts
Camille was so excited to see a package locker key in our mail yesterday … I had looked at the tracking and knew that it […]
Success!
We have managed to search amazon from the kindle and download samples of two books. Moreover, the Kindle has a rudimentary browser, which we can […]
Kindle Me Not
I’ve been debating for a month now whether to spend the money on this new piece of technology. Generally, I am not on the bleeding […]
Lost in a Book
Saturday night was the Pine Lake chili cook-off. As the president of the neighborhood association, it was my job to make sure that publicity and […]
Local Food?
Since my parents have been listening to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and I have read part of it (I didn’t finish before I […]
Local Food
So there’s a big movement afoot and I want to learn more. It is so complicated to make good choices. I hear people say that […]
To Junie B. or not to Junie B.?
Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash?By ANNA JANE GROSSMANPublished: July 26, 2007The New York Times I guess I’m not the only one who had a […]
I’m Done
after staying up VERY late and then reading all morning, I’m done. Now no one can spoil the ending for me; I’ll try not to […]
We are Home
from the children’s bookstore where the girls got to make potions, find out what their patronus is and more. Now we are settling into a […]
Countdown
To midnight
Random Bits
After 3 months of no mobile blogging, I am finally able to email photos from my phone to my blog. I don’t think Google actually […]