I bought a little book for Anna Grace the other day. It’s called Knitting Nell. Nell knits all the time and then wins a prize at the fair. AG likes the book and I love it. What I didn’t realize at the time I bought it was that Nell also doesn’t speak that much. She […]
Continue reading →With my high level of distractability, it took a bit for me to finally finish The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. This is a collection of essays on everything from life in American to the 2000 presidential election. I think my favorite essays both revolved around Al Gore. Don’t flame me for this but […]
Continue reading →You’ll notice over the past weeks that one of the books I have been reading is this one but no longer. I quit about 1/2 way thru. The guy is just way off base. WAY off. There were little things here and there but after a while it became more and more difficult to sort […]
Continue reading →I’m way behind on doing this. I actually finished this book weeks ago. I’m talking about The Yarn Harlot: Secret Life of a Knitter. This is a series of essays about knitting, Stephanie’s experiences and about the sadness of knowing that life’s challenges won’t allow you to knit any longer. I fully enjoyed each of […]
Continue reading →A few weeks ago I finally finished Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff . I had an awful time trying to finish this book and then I couldn’t bring myself to post about it. Yep, that bad. I have enjoyed listening to David Rakoff on NPR’s This American Life and he cracks me up […]
Continue reading →Ya know, if I’d remember to charge the darned thing then things like this wouldn’t happen! When I was at the fiber fest this past weekend I purchased something off of my wish list…my "gotta have" list…. 2 skeins of Socks that Rock!!!!!! I finally got around to taking a photo today but as I […]
Continue reading →Stats are down again. Typepad is having many "down" moments this month. My year expires in March… that’s right the ol’ blogiversary will be here in 6 or 7 weeks…. and I wonder if Typepad will be having more and more trouble. My troubles with them haven’t been real frequent but they are increasing in […]
Continue reading →Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell.
Continue reading →I just finished reading Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Is this fine literature? Nope! It is a fast moving story (paced in the same style as a Grisham novel without as much anxiety) about a man who, after his parents have passed away learns he was adopted. In […]
Continue reading →I just finished reading The Jane Austen Book Club and my overall impression is fair to bleh to OK, I suppose. The book is arranged in an interesting fashion and it was a unique idea but each chapter/phase always left me a little blank. While some of the writing is great, most of it is […]
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