Ok, so I don’t know if it’s the best book I’ve ever read, but it’s up there. I just finished Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi and I absoultely loved every minute of it. It was just marvelous in so many ways - that I will go into at another time. If you’ve read […]
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The Best
April 11th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Waiting
April 5th, 2005 · 1 Comment
I finished reading Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler a couple of days ago. It was pretty good. It sort of read like an afterschool special except I didn’t get the important message. Basically it shows how people change through various life events. Well, surprise, surprise, surprise! It was entertaining though even without sex and bad […]
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Dress Yourself
March 11th, 2005 · No Comments
The other day I finished reading David Sedaris’ Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Demin. Sedaris is such a funny writer. I couldn’t read this book in a cafe because while reading it I had fits of really uncontrollable laughter. Yaacov has been working hard on lectures for his class and found my loud snickering […]
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Poo Poo Moo Moo
March 4th, 2005 · No Comments
You probably don’t want to know this, but I just had a very satisfying bowel movement. You know that you are a/n (fill in the blank) _________ when you are happy, satisfied and refreshed even from a good poop. I think that there should be a Hallmark card for these occasions. Something like, “Congratualtions on […]
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Taking a Break
February 7th, 2005 · No Comments
Yesterday Yaacov and I drove to IKEA. It’s about an hour from here. We drove in our cute, little car. It was our first road trip. The weather for the past few days has been terrible. Cold, windy, and rainy (some sleet!)…yuck! It was good to be inside of dry, warm IKEA surrounded by nice […]
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