Posted in Sunday Salon, bookish on July 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This Sunday finds me a bit scattered and at loose ends. After dropping my husband at the airport very early *yawn* this morning (he’s off on a spur of the moment junket to our home in Florida), and driving home amidst the gloomy drizzle that has become our lot here for the past three days, I [...]
Posted in bookish on July 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Julie tagged me for this interesting meme all about my favorite pastime…
Do you remember how you developed a love of reading? I first fell in love with the big glossy magazines on sale in our local drugstore - Look and Life, especially. They were kept on the bottom shelf where I could reach them, and long [...]
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 bookish on March 19, 2008 | 10 Comments »
“Oh, you’re reading!” Stephanie, our bright young waitress exclaimed as she stopped by the shady table where we were happily ensconced in our respective books. “I should have brought my own book in today, things have been so slow.”
Ahh, I thought happily. Another ravenous reader!
“She never goes anywhere without a book,” my husband said, casting [...]
Posted in bookish, top of the stack on March 1, 2008 | 20 Comments »
This ravenous reader has been notably absent from the stacks of late, and I apologize to any of you who may have stopped in, hoping some morsel of bookish wisdom was being passed round on a silver tray along with a cup of herbal tea and some ginger cookies.
In truth, my reading life has taken [...]
Posted in bookish on January 28, 2008 | 14 Comments »
you might suspect, given my cyber nom de plume, that i read more than what is considered normal, especially in modern society where entertainment tends to be focused on small, glittery electronic gadgets which create all manner of pixelated images and enhanced decibel sounds.
well, you would be absolutely correct in your assumption. given the choice of listening [...]
Posted in book love, bookish on January 23, 2008 | 12 Comments »
facing the prospect of three hours imprisonment while being hurtled through the air at 37,000 feet, i’m anxiously pawing through my bookstack this morning, searching for just the right solace to see me through this ordeal.
do you like flying? some people do, you know. while i can’t pretend to enjoy flying, i tolerate it as [...]
Posted in bookish on January 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
our second floor bedroom at the old parsonage b&b in frant, kent, was the most delightful of all the places we stayed in the united kingdom, and not only because of the lush green landscape and lamb dotted hills. the room itself was lined with bookshelves floor to ceiling, volumes of every ilk and style. [...]
