Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss My rating: 4 of 5 stars As an erstwhile grammar pedant, I found a kindred spirit in … Continue reading Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris My rating: 3 of 5 stars In preparation for writing this review, I read back over my review of Naked. … Continue reading Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
For Christmas, my children got a toy store gift card from their great-aunt and great-uncle. After wandering slack-jawed around the enormous store for an hour, dazed by the abundance of … Continue reading Nine Lives: A Cautionary Tale
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
Kind of Kin by Rilla Askew My rating: 3 of 5 stars Immigration reform is a really big issue in my religious congregation and in my denomination. We’ve been studying … Continue reading Kind of Kin by Rilla Askew
It has been brought to my attention that my original sleep survey is quite long. I like writing (and I seem especially to like writing about myself), so I didn’t really … Continue reading Sleep Survey, Revised
I’m trying a new approach to my ongoing problems getting a reasonable amount of sleep: comparing myself to others. I’m hoping that with feedback from many people about how much … Continue reading Sleep Survey
I’ve been doing these yoga practices and meditations from Kelly McGonigal’s “Boost Your Willpower” four-week online program, and I find myself thinking of California. I know that part of this … Continue reading California Dreaming
“Daddy, what’s that?” “Oh! I know! It’s what they used to shred cheese in the olden days!” Old Sturbridge Village, Colonial Williamsburg, Greenfield Village…and our house.
I had to go early to church for choir practice today, so I took the car leaving my husband to get the kids ready and follow by bicycle. After choir practice, … Continue reading Pants-Optional Church
An online discussion the other day got me thinking: what’s the point of reading classics? If you want to catch literary references in other written works that are less work … Continue reading Why Read Classics?
My children teach me things every day. One of the biggest things they teach me is about the flexibility of language. Like, if they say, “Don’t say anything, Mommy,” they mean, … Continue reading Always Learning
Imperfect Happiness 