I’m all about the personal challenges as of late. If that makes me a super-annoying woman who is clearly close to 30, then so be it.
So, we’ve already talked about my rest-of-the-year challenge: 3 concert tickets on my fridge at all times. I’ve been wildly successful so far. On the docket for the rest of [...]
This struck me:
“Once upon a time, Aristophanes relates, there were gods in the heavens and humans down on earth. But we humans did not look the way we look today. Instead, we each had two heads and four legs and four arms - a perfect melding, in other words, of two people joined together, seamlessly [...]
“After our time together, when he’d have to fly back, there was a hole in my heart, a gap so big that I was afraid it would divide us… We’d talk at least three times or four times a day, our ears pressed hard into the receiver - as if we could possibly get any [...]
Because I am an obnoxious oversharer, here’s a new list for yous guys:
Rachel Getting Married - Um, loved it! It exudes familial joy and angst in concert. Amazing!
The Tipping Point, by Malcom Gladwell - The skinny jean revolution finally makes sense!
“The Ice is Getting Thinner” by Death Cab - sad, but good!
“Unknown Legend” by Neil [...]
I just finished reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros which, unlike most, I never picked up in high school or college. Because it isn’t my own copy, I want to preserve a moment for me and for you.
“A
House
of
My Own
Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man’s house. Not [...]
from Slice of Pink
Loving: My new and completely unnecessary Blackberry. It just feels so natural in my loving palm.
Consuming: Yogi Tea in Immune Protection “Flavor” - Yogi Wisdom in this cup: Your heartbeat is the rhythm of your soul.
Craving: New York City
Hoping: For “easy” to come strolling by and sit down to stay awhile.
Netflixing: Sex [...]
There’s been a bit of a buzz sounding with an article in the WSJ entitled “Bush is a Book Lover.” I know, I had to try to stifle the laughter, too.
(Just kidding, why try?)
Anyway, I’ve been rolling my eyes in a literal sense and then I realized that -hey- isn’t a blog just one big [...]
A colleague of mine came back from her Department Leader meeting with a stack of books that the district had purchased, but that had since been deemed “inappropriate” for classroom use. Yeah, our district usually operates that way.
Anyhow, they were up for grabs for use in our personal classroom libraries, which operate by a different [...]