In my review of The Position I hinted that occasionally I have found it a burden to be the daughter of a professor of clinical psychology. However, it also has some perks in the form of interesting stories that come my way…
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Jump! update
Jump!
The other day my mom reminded me of a book I’d completely forgotten that I own: Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book. Apparently it’s now gone out of print and my $14.95 paperback is now worth a bit more than that. But I’m not parting with it for anything, no sir.
A momentary shock
A copy of Jimmy Carter’s recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, landed on our doorstep recently. Idly, I opened it, and had a moment of total shock when I read the dedication page: “To our first great-grandchild, Henry Lewis Carter, with hopes that he will see peace and justice in the Holy Land.”
So it goes
Well, it’s been about three months since the last post. About time for a new one, eh, lest my cyber-presence fade away completely (and thanks, Melissa, for the push).
The fact is, I haven’t particularly felt like writing. In the last three months I’ve read hardly anything. Certainly nothing that inspired me to write. (I don’t necessarily mean write about a book. What I mean is, good writing makes me want to write, period.)
The problem of goodness
I wouldn’t be surprised if half of Ann Arbor wrote blog posts this week with the same title. It’s that time of year again when our “community read” program is in full swing. This year the book is Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World, by Tracy Kidder. And last Thursday the whole town turned out in droves to hear Mr. Kidder give a lecture at the community college. Oh how I love Ann Arbor!
Daniel’s world
You’d think that after ten eleven years of being a mom nothing much would faze me any more. But Daniel, my three-and-a-half year-old, never fails to throw me for a loop. His latest enthusiasm? Elisha Cuthbert.
Why I blog
Among all the birthdays in our family this month (my dad, my sister, me, my mother-in-law, my son, my brother-in-law) another birthday got lost in the shuffle: my blog turned 2!
