Guilty as charged?

Earlier this week I bemoaned the demise of publishing houses, literature, books, bookstores, and all things sacred. Blame it on the damn technology I yelped!  Down with the Kindle! I shouted.
Uh-oh.
I’ve always known there was something wrong with my routine purchases from Alibris.com and have been known to engage in a conversation or two over [...]

82 to go with no help from anyone

The girls gave me my favorite gift for Christmas- a gift card to the bookstore. ARGH! Just moments after my vow to buy no new books until I’ve finished all the ones in the stack.
Then today over lunch he says, “Let’s go to the bookstore”
This is clearly a conspiracy.
I am off to my basket to [...]

Forget Frosty…

Now Snowzilla I like!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28381609#28381609

Santa Watch

We are sooooo excited around here!
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

Reading writing and terror

President Bush has said it countless times in more venues than I can keep up with-
the Taliban is no longer in power
Afghanistan is free
the Taliban no longer exists
We have eliminated the Taliban
Billions of dollars and thousands and thousands of lives later and he still says that.
Tell it to the girls.
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/23/1723558.aspx

Clinging desperately

The most thrilling thing about Christmas vacation is the gift of time. No carpool commute, no afterschool activities, minimal housekeeping, just time to be, guilt free. I rarely say to myself “I should be….” during these carefree pre and post holi-days. As long as I stay on top of the laundry and keep the little [...]

8 going on 18

Some things just depress me to speechlessness.
So is it wrong to hope the old man dies soon? (And for that matter the father too)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g_iWCsRbR0Bnb1sWAeiEgG0lPRyQ

83 and counting

I recently found myself in my favorite local used book store searching for a title that my daughter wanted to read over the Christmas break. I didn’t find it, but I did find three books for me. (Total spent $3.00). I brought the books home and tossed them in the  basket o’books #2 that sits next [...]

Breaking Legs

I’m tired. Bone weary, just want to lie down and sleep crushingly tired. Part we can attribute to my bodys’ apparent inability to store iron (long story) but most to the Annual Children and Youth Theatre Holiday Production.  For the third year in a row I  have taken on the herculean task of staging a full [...]

If a tree falls in the woods

I’ve recently had to deal with a “matter” that has just dredged up all the old nasty bits of life from the past few years, returning  a nice anger in my gut and a slight taste of bile in my mouth. Just when I was getting used to shhhhh quiet in my life, whamo comes the garbage [...]