About the Snow Effect

Briefly, because it’s 2:30 am and I’ve just finshed wrapping I don’t know how many packages that have to be sent tomorrow to various uncles and aunts and nieces and nephews and people I love.
Right. The Snow Effect.  I love it too.  It’s a wordpress thing that appears every Winter and I can’t take any [...]

BOTD, and Giveaway Winners

 
Unaccustomed Earth, a collection of stories and a novella  (the latter worth the weight of the whole stellar collection) by Jhumpa Lahiri, made several top ten lists this year, including the New York Times (read what they said here).  The laurels are piling up with good reason.  A longtime fan of short stories, my interest [...]

My Hubby, the Marathoner and a Golden Books Cache

My husband ran the Memphis Marathon last weekend to benefit St. Jude’s hospital.  Since he is the man and we are very proud of him, I thought I’d post a few pictures.  Also, while we were in Memphis, we went to an awesome flea market called Bo Jos, thousands of square feet of junking grounds.  [...]

Online Craft Show

We interrupt the Book of The Day programming to show off some of my crafts. I even had a booth at my church christmas market. I’ve decided, though, to just focus on crafts for family and friends from now on. Crafts booths are too much work and I have too much else going on.
Enjoy (oh, and [...]

BOTD: Anything by Adam Gopnik

 
Witty, moving, compelling.  The man writes like an angel.
Good bets for adults,
Through The Children’s GateA memoir of family life in modern New York City, post his family’s return from their Paris stint.  “The Last of the Metrozoids,” is a hauntingly beautiful chapter and as a stand-alone essay, won several awards.
From Paris to the Moon
Memoir of [...]

BOTD: The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

Choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit provides an inspirational and highly readable guide to making creativity a part of yourlife. A few favorite quotes:
“Muscle memory has its uses in the creative process.”
“Reading is your first line of defense against an empty head.”
“Plan only to a point.”
For anyone who wants to unlock the mysteries [...]

BOTD: The Joey Pigza Series

I love Joey Pigza.
My friend Sandra introduced me to Joey Pigza this past summer.  The hero of the eponymous middle-grade series, Joey Pigza is a hilarious, heartstring strumming character with a mean case of ADD that only a patch can alleviate and a set of parents who are even more challenging.  Add to that a [...]

BOTD Book of the Day: The Cute Book

Do you like to craft? Are you, like me, modestly equipped to do so? Yes, I have a Necchi sewing machine, circa the 1950’s, that I still need to learn to use (January is looking good), but I can HANDSEW with the best of them (and I’m a mean cross stitcher too). Then you will [...]

Introducing: Books TO Buy (BTB)

I’ve been thinking, since I last exhorted everyone to buy books, and since a gaggle of publishers recently gifted me with a pile o’ book swag (see recent best book fair ever’ post) , AND since now Simon and Schuster, as well as Random House, are supposedly laying off a crowd of people, I thought I would [...]