For as long as I've been keeping track of my reading, April has been a month of not reading much, of getting behind on my self-imposed 100 books a year. This year, it was a month in which to catch up, a month to take advantage of the lengthening days and mostly-nice weather and go outside and read in the sun. As I searched for lyrics for a post ( Read more... )

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Running from Mission to Valencia Street, in between and paralell to 17th and 18th streets, is Clarion Alley.

I love elephants, and I am glad that these haven't been painted over in all the years that I've been walking through the alley.

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Three years ago, Easter fell on my birthday. At that point, my ex-husband's mother was extremely ill, so I gave up spending my birthday with my daughter to give her Grandma what looked as though it could be her last holiday. I knew that I had to do something interesting and different. Something that wouldn't have been an option when I was with my ( Read more... )

8. ttyl by Lauren Myracle YA
9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
10. ttfn by Lauren Myracle YA
11. l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle YA
12. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ( Read more... )

National Geographic has a nice article about the trend of mixed-race relationships.Three thoughts ( Read more... )

So often, I see tips for being happy, for improving life, for etc., etc., and my response is "I KNEW that ( Read more... )

I am livid at the thought that infants and immuno-compromised may die from other people's ignorance. I'm not going to link to the STUPID list of 50 reasons not to vaccinate. It's full of vagueness and out-and-out lies. Every point that says "There have been no studies" or "there have been no tests" is an out-and-out lie. Anything that says "This ( Read more... )

An episode of South Park started a conversation with my daughter about how it really is annoying to try to be entertained by popular entertainments. My mom watches certain crime dramas, and I couldn't enjoy them, because A) when things are "ripped from the headlines" and you've READ the headlines, they don't work well. B) almost like a parlor ( Read more... )

Slow start (nb: These are not all the books I've read in these months, there were a lot more re-reads, a lot of re-reading a chapter or two. As of this writing, I am purposefully reading for at least an hour before bed every night, trying to turn off the world and let my brain interact purposefully with someone else's thoughts.).

January

1. The ( Read more... )