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Rise of the living dead
I have deleted my Facebook and am having a bit of an experiment. Can I let it go? I have no idea. I have told myself I cannot reactivate it until October 1, and hope that by then I won't want to.
Finding myself missing documenting the happy things the boys do and say. And the core group, the ones who don't call each other names and insult each ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Poetry Break
Debt
By Sara Teasdale
1884-1933
Sara Teasdale
What do I owe to you
Who loved me deep and long?
You never gave my spirit wings
Nor gave my heart a song.
But oh, to him I loved,
Who loved me not at all,
I owe the little open gate
That led through heaven’s wall. -
Book list
The books which were claimed are now packed up and will be mailed today. I got behind due to an unexpected trip to Detroit.
Round two of the great book giveaway will begin soon. I have, literally, boxes upon boxes to go through. -
Free to a good home
I am cleaning my office. The following are books that for one reason or another will need to go to a good home. I am making a listing; anyone who would like one or more of these can send me a private message or email with the title they would like - I will send them by slow boat. Some I bought used myself so might not be in the best of shape. ( Read more... ) -
What is precious to you? (CTTS)
We were driving around town today doing errands, and Ben kept seeing my wedding ring catch the sunlight ( Read more... ) -
1001 books to read before you die.
This list was interesting enough to me to try to track it. I will bold the ones I've read already.
2000s
1. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Saturday - Ian McEwan
3. On Beauty - Zadie Smith
4. Slow Man - J.M. Coetzee
5. Adjunct: An Undigest - Peter Manson
6. The Sea - John Banville
7. The Red Queen - Margaret Drabble
8. The ( Read more... ) -
I have on hand...
One Moby wrap, navy, barely used.
One Maya wrap ring sling, Denim, barely used
First one who speaks up gets one or both mailed to them within a week -
I love you all...
And you know who you are.
I am humbled and grateful. And my ridiculous mood, wallowing in a vat of self-pity, was brought up short by the kindness of all of you.
Thank you. -
A Mother's Thoughts on Tybee Island.
One of the greatest fears a parent of an autistic child can have is what will happen to them when they grow up into adults, functional adults who cannot and should not have to be babysat like 6 year olds. He should be allowed to walk down the street or sit on the curb in peace. He should be able to wait outside (observing the law, ( Read more... )