No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( Read more... )

Maurice Sendak passed last week, but he's not forgotten ( Read more... )

I stumbled over this gem:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/us/at-san-francisco-state-a-split-over-its-high-tech-library.html

I wasn't aware of a national trend toward digitizing university libraries.

The new ( Read more... )

I read this article in the NY Times about children who self-publish ( Read more... )

I had a lovely Mother’s Day: flowers from my parents, chocolates from Wanda, green chile Buffalo cheeseburgers from my husband, "Last Exile" anime (airplanes!) and dinner with friends ( Read more... )

It was hot and rainy and hot and windy all day ( Read more... )

I finished renovating the coat closet ( Read more... )

This afternoon, I was catching up on the latest "Blue Bloods." At the end of episode, Detective Reagan says, "You know the price of everything and the value of nothing ( Read more... )

This evening's Game of Thrones raised more questions in my mind.

Here there be dragons . . . errr . . . ( Spoilers )

It's the 5th day of the fifth month, Boy's Day.

They changed it to Children's Day in Japan.

I still celebrate the old style Girl's and Boy's Days. I have my fish banners, koi nobori flying out front for each boy in the family.


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