Things: I have *no* impulse control, apparently, when left unchaperoned in a bookstore. To my credit, I only walked out with two books for me — one recommended by a co-worker (Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett) & one that I stumbled upon serendipitously (The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson). […]
So… the thing with relaxation… I’ve been pretty wound tight for the last I don’t know how many years. I relax and all I can do is realize how tired I am… I slept a lot of today. Now I’m hennaing my hair.
This morning we got another call, three realtors brought clients by […]
M1 & I spent two hours reading the Cat Who Talked to Ghosts to each other tonight. I made her read me a chapter while I put the bread together, then I read her… two? three? chapters. We’re getting to the good part where all the clues start coming together & the […]
Got home yesterday & there was a package for me sitting on the counter. Two books! Some lovely publishing house has discovered that we may, occasionally, choose to read & review books. The last one P reviewed — it was Punk Rock Dad by Jim… ah… the dude in Pennywise. It […]
I’m *so* bored with workout tapes. OMG. So bored it’s not even funny. So I alternate between a fast march & jogging in place while watching something on tv that’s interesting enough to keep me from pulling my hair out. At least the stuff on the tv always changes and there […]
Flaked on exercising tonight. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll be back at it because I feel lumpy. But today my cuecat (a cat scanner, pic below — that is SO not my carpet it’s on!) showed up so I can more easily add books to librarything. Right now it’s overwhelmingly feminism, random mythology/spirituality/etc, […]
So I have made it around to reading Ariel’s The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show. Honestly, I’m not much of a fiction person, Jeanette Winterson, Tom Robbins, & The Cat Who books (because who doesn’t love a secondary character that’s a size 16 librarian? Huh? Huh? And smartass cats? Although […]