i have book-y sorts of things to share. i know you’re shocked and amazed but i cannot keep exciting book news to myself. i am about-to-pop-excited about a new penderwicks book coming out this spring. how ever will we stand the wait? and taido’s sister and mother both gave me … Continue reading
this shirt, which was purchased for me by the gearhead (actually he didn’t buy it for me. he was hoping it would fit cole, but it was too big…tant pis!), is the most wonderful piece of clothing on earth. i think that everyone should own one. even if it is … Continue reading
snow by orhan pamuk. my head is still swimming a bit from all the quotes i want to save up there. it is set in turkey…i was drawn to reading it because i have a friend who is over there right now and it made me feel like i’m sort … Continue reading
more quotes from snow…i know you can’t get enough… on a poem ka writes during a major political upheaval in the city (artistic excuses!): one of its important ideas was the poet’s ability to shut off part of his mind even while the world is in turmoil. if this meant … Continue reading
when the poet describes this man who peppers all his sentences with obscenities, he says, it didn’t matter what he was saying; he could be making a threat or pontificating about national interests or expounding his highly unoriginal political views. he was like a child who can’t eat his supper … Continue reading
yesterday taido and the kids took a break from skiing. during simon’s nap, we went for a walk from the house where we are staying to some property that taido’s dad owned when he was alive. he started a house on this land when taido was 13 and worked on … Continue reading
this picture represents the near $200 mistake i made in forgetting that we would need snow boots. snow boots in the snow. of course. after a day of wet tennis shoes and snow covered socks, we trekked into town and acquired these. so if you ever need to borrow children’s … Continue reading
you’re looking at the porch that overlooks the snow covered valley where we are staying in taos. this is where i have set up my yoga stuff. oh so glad we brought yoga stuff! i took pictures of the house when we first got here because i immediately had to … Continue reading
books i’m taking to taos snow by orhan pamuk the shaping of a life by phyllis tickle a frozen woman by annie ernaux when a crocodile eats the sun peter godwin the sewing circles of herat christina lamb atonement ian mcewan the inheritance of loss kiran desai simply christian n. … Continue reading
that’s where i’ll be blogging from next week, on vacation, wooo hooo. big kids are going skiing with their papa and his sis, while simon and i will sit by the fire with grandma. if you know simon, you can laugh as i tell you that i am envisioning his … Continue reading
