Writing the good read
I did it again: two random books that on the surface couldn’t be more different, read back to back, and they go together like barbecue and Copper River Salmon. As I mentioned yesterday, I was reading A Mountain of Crumbs. Throughout the book, author Elena Gorokhova recalls how she came to crave a chance to…
If I have a large pile of books next to the bed, I often have a hard time picking which one to read next. So to help with my decision making, I read the review blurbs in paperbacks. The other day I picked up A Mountain of Crumbs, the memoir by Elena Gorokhova. One of…
Do you like words? Books? Esoteric discussions about words and books? The Happy Bibliophile takes a writer a week and uses that person to explore the world of writing and words. I love the idea. And happily, I love most of the writers! Another great book blog is Some Can Whistle. I particularly like that…
Washington State passed a two year budget the other day. It cuts funding for medical services for the poor and plugs budget gaps with a 1.9 percent cut in teachers’ pay. Other school personnel will lose 3 percent of their paychecks. For the life of me, I cannot understand that this is who we have…
As much as I think it would be hysterical to watch Jon Stewart during any campaign for president you launched, I think you need to find some people who aren’t always agreeing with you to talk to you about such an endeavor. I think you would be spending money — yours and other people’s —…
I found this great blog, called Hyperbole and a Half. The whole thing is hysterical, but the author, Allie, is especially funny when talking about her dogs. Especially the “simple dog”, whom she fears may be, well, mentally challenged. I have always thought our pup Ruby the Moose Dog is smart and large and therein…
I do my best writing when I should be sleeping. Usually, there is no computer or paper and pencil. As I drift off, I write — ledes to the stories I have due later in the week, very clever blog-posts, 140-character masterpieces of Twitter, and some of the most scathing (and of course effective) letters…
I’m not in the military — although my step-brother is currently serving on the USS Carl Vinson (at port in Hong Kong after dealing with Osama Bin Laden’s remains) and my nephew was an active duty Marine on 9/11. But I love this blog about being an Army wife: Apple Days Army Nights. I love…
I once sent an email question to local Seattle chef and foodie Greg Atkinson asking why it was that every savory recipe always calls for one to season to taste with salt and pepper. He was shocked at my question. I acknowledge that salt can bring out flavors. Pepper, though, has a spicy and warm…
Too late for writing Yet too early for sleeping In between times, I read.