I’ve set the timer for 15 minutes. This post will be whatever comes out during that time (although I reserve the right to add an extra 5 minutes of editing). Tuesday evening, 6:30 PM I worked at home today–and I worked at home. I consider it a privilege to telecommute (and a nice perk these days, when gas prices is Southern California are edging up to $4.50 a gallon), so I try to be conscientious […]
…I will not be limited to just one of the two alternatives offered in answer to the first NaBloPoMo writing prompt for March: Thursday, March 1, 2012 How do you feel about uncertainty? Is it exciting or scary? (Yes, I’m backtracking–this is the first day I’ve used the prompts.) It’s either or both, depending on the context and my frame of mind when I look at it. And more often than not, it’s a combination […]
Welcome to Song Lyric Saturday, a new feature for my NaBloPoMo month of March–and it may make occasional appearances even after that’s over, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big fan of short stories in traditional form, but when they’re set to great melodies and last for under four minutes, sometimes they really work for me. The “summer place” of my childhood was Budd Lake, New Jersey, where my maternal grandfather and […]
West Los Angeles, early December 2011 Now that we’re a few weeks away from the start of spring–at least according to the calendar–it can be told: even by Los Angeles standards, we haven’t had much of a winter. It’s been pretty dry for what’s supposed to be our rainy season, and not very cold–not that it’s ever truly cold this close to the coast, but we’ve had days at a time where temperatures have hit […]
…I’ve signed up to participate in NaBloPoMo for March. My blogging has been so erratic lately that I hope the daily-posting discipline will help get me get my groove back. The official blogging theme for the month is… WHETHER It’s actually “whether”… and it’s “weather”… since both words fit with the season. March is a transitional month, bringing either warmer weather for the northern hemisphere or colder air for those down south. Being transitional means that […]
For those of you following The Continuing Saga of My Stupid Shoulder (co-starring My Klutzy Feet), I had a follow-up with the orthopedic surgeon the day before Thanksgiving. The shoulder is doing well – the Ultrasling is doing its job, apparently – but he’s sending me for an MRI, which will allow him to see things that don’t show on an X-ray, and he’ll want to see me again once the results come back. I […]
Emily of Deep Valley: A Deep Valley BookMaud Hart LovelaceHarper Perennial Modern Classics (2010), Edition: Reprint, Paperback (ISBN 0062003305 / 9780062003300)Fiction (YA/children’s), 336 pagesSource: Publisher, via Book Club Girl (Jennifer Hart)Reason for Reading: Review Opening Lines: “‘It’s the last day of high school…ever,’ Annette said. She said it gaily, pulling Emily’s hand and swinging her about so that they faced the red brick building with its tall arched windows and doors, its elaborate limestone trimming, […]
I’ve done almost no reading at all today – we were up early and out to do some shopping before the stores got too busy. It worked – and I was pleasantly surprised that, two days after Black Friday, the stores didn’t look like war zones! The ones we visited were organized and well-stocked…even Toys-R-Us. Now that we’re home I have some writing to do, but I’m hoping to settle in with my book later […]
I finished and reviewed my 50th and 51st books of 2010 last week, although the reviews have yet to post here (LibraryThing is all caught up, though). I’m excited to have crossed that threshold this year – and with time to spare! – since I’ve fallen short of it for the last two years; I didn’t even crack 40 books read in 2008, which was dismal. Dismal by book-blogger standards, at any rate; I blogged […]
I didn’t set aside any books specifically for this Thankfully Reading Weekend, but I did make a bargain with myself not to blog until I’d finished the book I had in progress. I’ve just done that, and I’ll probably make a start on the review before I sit back down with something else to read. Today’s my main day for reading, as I’m at home on my own through mid-afternoon, so I’d like to make […]
There’s a little scenic-overlook park on Mulholland Drive, just above the Hollywood Bowl, that I pass on my way to work. I had a little extra time one morning when traffic actually wasn’t horrible, and I stopped there to take a couple of pictures. This is the city. Los Angeles, California. Morning traffic is a little on the light side, which is probably why I had time to stop for picture-taking. That’s a light fog, […]
I haven’t done much reading aside from blogs so far during this Thankfully Reading Weekend – tomorrow will be my big day for that – but I’m taking part in the first mini-challenge anyway. The assignment: Write a post about the book you are most thankful for. This could be a book released this year or twenty years ago. Your post should include why you are thankful for that book. I don’t know if it’s […]
