April 27, 2008
9:00 AM
A cerulean sky peeking between the branches of the pines greeted me when I woke up this morning. Temperatures are predicted to hit 80 degrees this afternoon – a perfect day for working outside or taking a walk…and maybe I’ll squeeze in some late in the day reading out on the porch.
I [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Sunday Salon – April 27, 2008
Weekly Geeks – Week of April 26, 2008
This week is the first week of Dewey’s Weekly Geeks – she is still looking for someone to make a button if any of you are good with that kind of thing.
The challenge this week is: Discover New Blogs Week
Look through the list of blogs for the participants of Weekly Geeks; find five that [...]
The World Below – Book Review
But what lasts, after all? What stays the same through the generations? Boundaries shift, refugees die or flee with what they can carry, the waters slowly fill in behind the dams, and what was once there is lost forever, except in dreams and memories. – From The World Below, page 268-
Sue Miller’s 7th novel [...]
Weekly Geeks
Dewey from The Hidden Side of a Leaf has come up with a great idea called Weekly Geeks. Here’s the concept:
1. Every week there’ll be a different theme. One week might be “catch up on your library books” week and the next might be “redecorate your blog week” or “organize your challenges” week or “catch [...]
Jackfish Review Published at Piker Press
My review of Sarah Felix Burns’ novel: Jackfish the Vanishing Village is being published on line this week at the ezine Piker Press. Why not drop in and read the rest of this week’s edition which is loaded with great short fiction, serialized fiction, photography and more. The Piker Press has a group of talented [...]
Lost and Found – Book Review
His life is ocean, stick, ball, sand, grass, ride in the truck, sleep by the bed, look deep into the eyes of humans, lure them outdoors, greet them with a burst of joy when they come home, love them. Fill this brief life with more. And more. -From Lost and Found-
When Rocky’s husband Bob [...]
The Lace Reader – Book Review
The Lace Reader must stare at the piece of lace until the pattern blurs and the face of the Seeker disappears completely behind the veil. When the eyes begin to fill with tears and the patience is long exhausted, there will appear a glimpse of something not quite seen. In this moment an image [...]
Sunday Salon – April 20, 2008
April 20, 2008
Good morning to all the Saloners. I hope you are all curled up reading a good book. I’ve had a wonderful weekend of reading and cooking…and despite the cooler weather, I’ve enjoyed some porch time in the sun here:
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A couple of weekends ago, I painted that little wicker table [...]
Life in the Slow Lane – Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook
Americans are known throughout the modern world for their love of new technology in the mechanical and electronic realms. Any piece of equipment or tool that can do the job better and faster is immediately embraced and touted. So who could have predicted the success of a kitchen appliance that does the job more slowly? [...]
Angle of Repose – Book Review
What interests me in all these papers is not Susan Burling Ward the novelist and illustrator, and not Oliver Ward the engineer, and not the West they spend their lives in. What really interests me is how two such unlike particles clung together, and under what strains, rolling downhill into their future until they [...]
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