I love a good book about books. There's something comforting about other lives lived in books and knowing that somewhere out there, there are other people who share the same love of reading as me. Also, I'm always trying to get LA from Waking Up on the Wrong Side of Fifty to add more to … Continue reading Books About Books
Ten Years in the Tub
Used and Sale Bookhaul
My favorite local bookshop is the used bookstore downtown. I've been going there since before I moved here (about twenty years ago), and I count the owner and manager as friends. Most of the books I get rid of go there first, so I often have a fair amount of store credit. And because they're … Continue reading Used and Sale Bookhaul
Sunday Sum-Up
At one of our monthly book club meetings, my friend, S, declared that she would love to have Merida's hair. She was, apparently, bored of her perfectly straight, dark hair (hair that I find to be absolutely beautiful and am profoundly envious of). Thanks to my Irish heritage, my hair will, on a good day, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
Sunday Sum-Up
Happy Time Change Day! I wish I could say I got an extra hour of sleep, but even without an alarm set I woke up at the same time as usual, time change notwithstanding. Darned east windows, anyway. I went to a friend's going-away party last night. She's getting married next weekend, and then moving … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
Traveling in Books 