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Book Review: The Rakehells of Heaven by John Boyde
Because of this box of older science fiction I was introduced to author John Boyd. I have had the chance to read several of his books now. I like his writing style. It's a little pulpy, sometimes a little silly, and he portrays some very interesting issues using satire and comparison through the sci-fi setting ( Read more... ) -
books and manga
Anyone who knows me knows that I am an active member of bookcrossing.com. I read alot of books and don't necessarily have space to keep them all. So I add in bookcrossing BCID labels to those books I want to pass on and then either hand them off to people I think will enjoy them or leave them places for other people to pick up and read ( Read more... ) -
Musings on hair color
I think it says a lot about our society and how youth obsessed we can be when people are reacting to my hair so interestingly. I started going grey in my early twenties. Ith wasn't noticeable because I was dying my hair a lot at the time. Black, red, purple, bleached out blond. My hair was all sorts of colors ( Read more... ) -
In other news...
In November I attended a teacher training on including nature in the classroom. One of the things we did was build a small worm box. It has been sitting on my counter since then getting food scraps and paper added to it. The other day I took the plastic container out of the cardboard sleeve it sits in and saw lots of itty baby red wriggler worms ( Read more... ) -
Way 256 you know your cat loves you
You watch them walk to your shoes and leave you a gift of a piece of dry kibble inside one of the pair. -
Bike riding woes
Why is it I haven't had a flat tire in over two years but the last month I have had four? Late to class today because I hit a pothole and popped the brand new inner tube I had put in yesterday after hitting a pothole on Tuesday and blowing out my last patch.
