Silly me. Not only did I forget to charge up my Kindle 2 before our CA trip (so it was dead on the flight out), but I also forgot my jump drive with my blog loaded on it, so five days from now, you’re going to discover five days of information suddenly uploaded to the […]
Snark
The other day, I read about the guff Gwyneth Paltrow was taking about her new website. You can view GOOP here. My curiosity piqued, I went browsing. The website has only been up a short while. It’s simple and straightforward…not what you’d expect from a celebrity who might want to clutter things up. If you […]
The Story of B
It’s not often that I read a book and come away feeling devastated, but devastated in the sense that all I’ve ever known has been called into question–legitimately and rightly. Brad, a friend of mine, had recommended Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, to me last fall, right after he read an advanced copy of Eve. I devoured […]
Kindle 2
Who knew I would break down and buy a Kindle–me, with a study full of floor-to-ceiling bookcases? Well, actually, that first part is not quite right. Dan bought it for me, after lugging around my 15-20 extra pounds of books in our luggage whenever we go on trips. The Kindle 2 came in the mail […]
Girls and Boys (At Any Age, But Especially in High School)
Okay, a full disclosure is needed here. I’m generally not fond of Y.A. books (Young Adult books, for those of you who might not know). In general, they’re scary. At least for this parent of a young girl. And I say this having taught high schoolers for eight years! I’ve found the perfect anecdote that […]