Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 19 Comments »
It’s a busy morning here at my home in southwest Florida. I’m preparing Sunday lunch for six, and given the location, we’re eating Mexicali style, with taco salad, seven layer bean dip, and of course margarita’s. But all is under control in the kitchen, the table on the lanai is set with festive plasticware, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
i have been reading, my friends, really i have. as a matter of fact, i’ve finished two (and 1/2) books this week, which is a rather good average considering that life has intruded quite rudely in several ways. a multitude of things to deal with, as usual, in the life of this ravenous reader.
certainly my life [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Dear friends, I had so much planned to tell you about this morning. I had thought to talk about Run, Anne Patchett’s latest novel which I finished earlier this week. And I was all set to reveal my latest book purchase Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri’s just published collection of short stories - and imagine, the Ravenous [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Marriage is a funny thing, isn’t it? I’ve been married for nearly 32 years - not as long as Delia Naughton, the title character of The Senator’s Wife, Sue Miller’s latest novel - but almost. Long enough, at any rate, to understand exactly what she meant by these words:
She’d thought he was immortal, that he’d [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Today, for Booking Through Thursday, Nithin asks:
I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on the dictionary/google it or do they [...]
Posted in bookish on April 16, 2008 | 22 Comments »
i tried, i really did.
the ravenous reader had to make a quick run into the office supply store for printer ink yesterday. i tried very hard to ignore the stacks of spiral notebooks in all shades and colors, the sky high rows of three ring binders, the plethora of sticky notepads in fun shapes and sizes.
you [...]
Posted in Sunday Salon on April 13, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Winter has been so reluctant to let go its grip this year, and I rose this morning to leaden skies and snow flurries dotting the air. But you needn’t fear, for the heat has been turned on, there’s (always!) fresh coffee brewing, and I’ve just dished up a ham and swiss cheese frittata that smells heavenly. Come in, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
brisk, breezy April days remind me the month is passing quickly by. besides being the month of showers (and breezes!) April is also National Poetry Month, at least here in the States. kate has issued a poetry challenge of sorts - post about a poem, or a book of poems in honor of this month. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
april showers bring may flowers - or so the old saying goes. and if its true, we will have some splendid bouquets in a few weeks time, for the rain is pouring down tonight, veritable buckets of it.
i don’t mind, really, because the house is cozy and warm, the dogs have settled onto the ottoman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Growing up as an only child in a very Catholic post WWII neighborhood, I was quite the anomaly. Viewed with a mixture of awe (by my peers) and pity (by their parents), I rather enjoyed my somewhat exalted status. In fact, I enjoyed being an only child so much that I married one, and then became the [...]
