Book Review: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
As you can see in the picture of the spine below, this book has been read, hard. I am not one of those delicate “don’t bend the spine” archival readers, carefully preserving the mint condition of their...
View ArticleInterview with Justin from Justin’s Travels
I met Justin almost a year ago, right before the super bowl (an American football thing with a Madonna performance). You may already know him from some comments on the blog. He has just arrived back in...
View ArticleInterview with Jennifer Lynn Krohn, a Poet
To continue our interview series, I would like to introduce you to Jennifer Lynn Krohn. I have experienced her poetry in person, and it made a strong impression on me. Some of the poems were whimsical,...
View ArticleReview: Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch
Hello readers! It is that time again for the blog where I share my thoughts on a reading experience. I have another review for you again. I found this novel by author Jim Lynch in a Ballard bookstore...
View Article~Another Year Unwritten
Hello, I am turning another year older this July 7th. It does not feel like I should be this old. In fact, most people think I am younger than I am, although every day I feel the clock ticking (not the...
View ArticleAddicted to Journals
I have so many journals. Almost too many. I have been downsizing my things of late, and keep finding journals popping out of the woodwork- in old backpacks, luggage, in drawers, under dressers, on top...
View ArticleWriting or Reading?
Or both? I have discovered a pattern. I use reading to procrastinate when I have something I need to write. Predictably, I use writing to procrastinate from something I need to read. It seems that many...
View ArticleEveryone Loves Quotes!
Hello readers, I know quotes are “all the rage” these days on the internet, but I rarely see quotes in front of real photographs. I’ve decided to do quotes my way, with my pictures, just for fun. Here...
View ArticleReview: Dan Mueller’s “Nights I Dreamed of Hubert Humphrey”
I have been postponing this review for as long as possible. Dan Mueller is an amazing writer and inspiring human being. He taught a graduate fiction workshop that I took, so I have known him in the...
View ArticleReading Habits I Ditched After Graduate School
While looking for books to teach in my previously discussed summer course, I realized that my joy of reading has not left me. It was just laying dormant for a while. My relationship to books and...
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