At the end of 2008, I posted some general thoughts about what I hoped to read during 2009. Looking back at the books I listed, I did read Atonement by Ian McEwan, my short story collection by Chekhov, Crime and Punishment, and The Hungry Self: Women, Eating, and Identity by…
Month: December 2009
Books I’ve bought twice
For a while now, I’ve been thinking about books I’ve purchased more than once. Some people find a book they love, and buy copies to give to other people. I’ve done that a few times, but that’s not what I’m thinking of here. I’m thinking of books I bought secondhand,…
New video of PaPa and Kyle, set to Eva Cassidy
On the morning of Sept. 19, 2008, in the emergency room, my father-in-law lay gravely ill and unresponsive. With Grandma and Stacy, I listened to the doctor explain PaPa’s status and the tests they were doing, what they’d found up to that point. Just before I stepped out of the…
Post from a Guest Blogger!
One of my favorite things about my husband is that he makes me laugh — sometimes A LOT. He was cracking me up about something a while ago, maybe last weekend, and I got an idea. I told him he should write a guest post for my blog. “I need…
Shop B&N this weekend, support a school program!
This Saturday, December 5, is the annual Barnes & Noble book fair to raise money for my sons’ school district — specifically, their Visiting Author program, which pays for a published author to visit the school, talk with the kids, and read from their books. Meeting authors is a great…