When my sister Amy visited recently, she asked if I might request Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen from the public library, so she could read in the evenings; the book was virtually impossible to get from the Denver libraries. So, I did, having never heard of the author, Jens Peter Jacobsen. Amy’s stay was […]
Surgery
My silence the past three days has been because our little chipmunk had thumb surgery (for a minor congenital defect that I mentioned before in a post–the whole reason we were able to adopt her, since she’d been rejected several times before…how lucky are we??). She had an overnight stay on Tuesday (I slept in […]
Regina Spektor, Part 2
This blog was inaugurated with a Regina Spektor song. I must share another one by her, and I’ll tell you why. I don’t remember how old I was, but I must have been in junior high when the following occurred. Our chocolate-trimmed white house sat on a corner in a north Minneapolis neighborhood, one known […]
Mary Gauthier
I just discovered Mary Gauthier. A couple of weeks ago, I was driving home from the cities, and this song came on. It made me hold my breath. Yes, I’d have to agree. “Every living thing needs mercy now.”