Archive for October, 2007

New Hampshire

We’re leaving on Saturday morning for NH.  It’s where I spent 4 years of my youth(and disliked much of it) and where my mom & younger sister live now.  My older sister is visiting from Los Angeles with her kids & one of my aunts is visiting(or living there, I’m not sure) too.
JV hasn’t met [...]

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off to Rhinebeck, er, Northampton

First we go to WEBS in the wee hours(for me anyway, I never get up before 8am and we have to be there by 7am) then we’re off to Rhinebeck.  I was wondering if it would have been easier for us just to go on our own but then we’d have to deal with the [...]

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Something I noticed about Oprah.

It’s not a criticism but I think Oprah is newly obsessed with transgender individuals. Ever since the book Middlesex(which I own in hardcover & really have to read one of these days, since I do love Jeffrey Eugenides).
I mean, I love them too – I think they’re really brave and it’s great that they’re [...]

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you may not know this about me…

since I haven’t talked much about it on the blog – but I do read.  Mostly fiction but many different authors, everything from classics like  Jane Austen & Charlotte Bronte(hey women’s college English major here, although there are many classics I have not read, which is embarrassing).   I love current authors like Jodi Picoult, Jennifer [...]

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to spin or not to spin?

That’s something I’ve been thinking about lately. I’ve had a real urge to buy a spindle and roving. I don’t know if it’s something I’ll like doing, or if I’d stick with it, you know? But then I see these and I want one. I like the Little Si and the [...]

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