Lena, my 7yo, started taking violin lessons in January at her own behest. It’s been an interesting few months. I’ve learned some things about my daughter that surprise me.
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Victory!
I finally managed to wrestle WordPress into submission and thank you for coming to see the result. It wasn’t easy, either.
Lately
This is the reason I’ve been able to get so much reading done lately. Can you tell? It’s a sandbox filled with water. My god, it keeps him happy for hours at a time. Hours, I said.
Bookworm goes to a show
It’s May and that means it’s time for the annual high school musical.
Flatland
My first foray into the wonderful world of Penguin Classics: Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, by A. Square (Edwin A. Abbott), first published in 1884.
This was an odd little . . . volume.
Bookstore anecdote
Laura’s comment on my earlier post, “I was at Borders looking for something new . . . I browsed and browsed, getting more and more frustrated,” reminded me of a little anecdote.
When worlds collide . . .
Drop City, by T. Coraghessan Boyle. In 1970, a bunch of turned-on, tuned-in, dropped-out hippies living in a commune called Drop City decide to move up north.
