Writing the good read
Once each blogathon, we have a day that I refer to as “the easy day” where we create a word picture using the magnificent Wordle website. Most people do a picture of their blog; last year I did a picture of my favorite e.e. cummings poem, which I couldn’t put into my blog at the…
I was wondering what good books I could find to borrow from Amazon.com’s Kindle lending library for Prime members. I searched through about a thousand books listed in biography and literary fiction — two of my favorite genres. I found a half dozen books I’d heard of — a couple, like Water for Elephants, I’d…
I really don’t know how it happens sometimes, how it ends up that I read a book from the pile next to the bed, and the next one I pick up relates to it — matches it in theme, style, subject. I don’t stack them up that way. Sometimes if there is a large number…
Before I write this blog I want to make something very clear: I’m a white middle-aged woman who has never had to come out of a closet about anything of my own, have never felt my life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness threatened by some physiological or psychological trait. I’ve never had to hide something…
Tonight was girls’ night out for me and my friends, as is every Wednesday. Mia, Sandy and I went to this great restaurant, Araya, which just opened a second location in Bellevue. It’s a vegan restaurant, but I’d bet even a hard core meat eater would find multiple dishes to love. I’m comfortable saying that…
This is my friend Felicia. I first met her in 1976, and one of my earliest memories of the two of us is standing on our assigned numbers, painted on the blacktop atour junior high school, while Mrs. Calvello took roll. We were complaining to each other about our thighs. I’m guessing that self-critical awareness…
Here are a few more good reads I’ve discovered through the blogathon experience. Popcorn Homestead by Joan Lambert Bailey takes you on a brief trip through her life in metropolitan Tokyo. It’s a unique opportunity to see what living in Japan is like, read about it in real time, and not have to read Japanese!…
This was almost lunch: Latke, egg and hollandaise, Mine with pastrami *** Egg soft in middle But firm whites on the outside Buttery goodness drowns *** Crisp potato bed Pastrami and eggs on top Hollandaise smothered *** Oh Stopsky’s Deli! Would that I could come visit And eat this daily!
I’m having a busy day today. Sometimes on such a day, I need a respite. Looking at these cherry trees a couple weeks ago was the equivalent of a little break. Now, I have to rely on the pictures. Maybe you’re having a busy day, too. Put yourself in this picture. Imagine the birds singing,…
Every time I hear something about the Trayvon Martin case, I feel sick to my stomach. There is no case, ever, in which it’s okay that a 17 year old dies of a gunshot wound. Part of what angers me is the case itself. George Zimmerman may very well have felt his life was in…