Writing the good read
I read a lot of dog books. Fiction with dogs as characters; books about dog psychology; tomes that cover the history of the relationship between people and dogs. I’ve written here before about some of the great dog books I’ve read. Now, a few months later I find I have another stack of eight books…
If you count the last post I did in April — on April 30 — then really, this is my 32nd straight day blogging as part of the Third Annual Wordcount Blogathon. It’s been hard. Often I’ll have to reach deep to come up with something to blog about, usually in the evening after my…
I don’t often purchase books of short stories. I’m more likely to get a book of essays based on someone’s real life — most recently Michael Chabon’s Manhood for Amateurs, a fine book of essays on fatherhood, that included the piece “A Textbook Father” that was so real and so funny on the subject of…
I found this recipe a couple years ago in Cooking Light and have made it regularly ever since. I don’t always make it the same way: I’ve used parsley rather than cilantro; forgotten the cilantro; used wine to deglaze the pan rather than chicken broth; added celery; had no turmeric and used curry powder instead…
Maybe there were more than four things, but these stood out: 1. The design isn’t intelligent if the parts wear out before the productive life of the unit is over. Teeth were not meant for a life of 80 or 90 years, and dentists make a living off this fact. 2. It’s not fun getting…
First, my mom called today and left a message that I had to correct the record: in my post about Books my Mom Gave Me a few days back I forgot to mention that she practically had to force me to read Gone With The Wind, which I then devoured. Let the record show that…
It is haiku day for Blogathon 20-10 Need more syllables *** One lonely bagel Sits among seven croissants It begs to be ate *** Three people need more than one working computer Need adapter quick *** Bar Mitzvah countown Just 19 days to finish Will it all be done? *** Two months without Kate I…
I think the first book I remember my mom giving me was a big yellow hardcover of Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton (she also wrote Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel). I loved that book and kept it until I was a parent myself. I gave it to my son. He ripped…
The smartest thing I’ve heard recently is a line from In Plain Sight. Everything counts. Everything you say, everything you think, and especially, everything you do. It all counts. Sometimes, the truth hurts, doesn’t it? Sometimes, it can give you a new sense of purpose. I’m hoping it’s the latter for that statement, even if…
Hi, I’m Heather and honored to be guest posting today! Lisa and I share a love of reading, so she asked me to write about books. I’m a YA enthusiast but also enjoy chick lit or a comically written non-fiction from time to time. I read a lot – and friends, both online and off,…