Despite the not so interesting elements of Pottermore I do admit I go there every now and then because I find it very soothing to just click around and collect things. And I have been going there to see the 12 days of Christmas updates as they have appeared. Most have not been very interesting or substantial but yesterday a more complete ( Read more... )

One of my favorite galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago is the Thorne Rooms which is a collection of 68 miniature rooms which were constructed in the 1930s for Mrs. James Ward Thorne. They are based on actual rooms from around the world from a variety of time periods. I used to love to look at all of them when I was a child and I still enjoy ( Read more... )

Wonderful discussion by three women about "A Wrinkle in Time":
http://the-toast.net/2014/11/12/a-wrinkle-in-time/

I most especially like these two comments:

...what the story really revolves around is the human capacity to deal with things they are incapable of ( Read more... )

Sean O'Pry and his cut up pants are the best part of this video ( Read more... )

So last month I headed out to Boston for the MIT Glass Pumpkin Patch. Its an annual sale held on the MIT campus every fall. Its a fundraiser for their glass lab which is an extra class the students there can take to get a different perspective on some concepts that they would ordinarily only study conceptually. Its a very popular class and they ( Read more... )

Last night was the local annual Red Mass. From Wikipedia:

A Red Mass is a Mass celebrated annually in the Catholic Church for judges, attorneys, law school professors, students, and government officials. The Mass requests guidance from the Holy Spirit for all who seek justice, and offers the opportunity to reflect on what Catholics believe is the ( Read more... )

I sure know how to pick the days to fly. As my friend/travel agent said, "Remind me never to fly the same days you do." Anyway I was supposed to fly to Boston last Friday and I was VERY lucky that my flight was not among the hundreds of flights that were cancelled that day...i.e. most of the flights in and out of the city that day due to a fire ( Read more... )

I ended up in a loop of articles tonight with each one leading me backwards to the next. Just want to remember them and be able to find them again since I'm really only able to skim them tonight ( Read more... )

Ahoy! Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day ( Read more... )

Not being married and not having children I always imagined as I got older I could be a bit more spontaneous and do things at the last minute instead of planning months in advance. It just doesn't work out that way no matter how much I try ( Read more... )