I love writing conferences. Every writing workshop I attend leaves me feeling energized, inspired, and armed with, well, armloads of useful information. This time, I can add one more take-away to the list: the endorphins from laughing until I have tears running down my face. It is the final day of the Erma Bombeck Writers [...]
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funny people
Posted in good reads, Writing, tagged Bill Scheft, Donna Gephart, Erma Bombect Writing Workshop, Gail Collins, Karen Walrond, Tracy Beckerman, Wade Rouse on April 17, 2010 | 20 Comments »
youthful shenanigans, quantum theory and…socks
Posted in good reads, tagged AskWaitLeap, Brian Reardon, missing socks on June 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I like the blog AskWaitLeap where there are always insightful musings, funny anecdotes, occasionally a poignant poem, and stories from her adventurous life. You can’t miss reading about an escapade where she cut off the end of her finger at roughly age ten, and she and her friends sewed it back on themselves and never [...]
Frequent Foodie, Guest Blogger: Tom Jacobson
Posted in Foodies, good reads, tagged facebook, guest blogger, Tom Jacobson on May 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Today I am happy to welcome another guest blogger to these pages – Tom Jacobson: Frequent Flyer, Frequent Facebook writer and Frequent Foodie. After 25 years, Tom and I reconnected via Facebook (he is the scholar of a past post), and we have enjoyed a lively correspondence in the last few months. I enjoy his [...]
wordsmithing again
Posted in good reads, tagged CarTalk, Merriam Webster on May 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As someone who occasionally feels the need to wordsmith words to fit an occasion or circumstance, I enjoyed this list of Top Ten Favorite Words (Not in the Dictionary) from Merriam Webster. Who doesn’t feel confuzzled on occasion when searching for just the right word? Certainly when one is wordling, or twitterpating, it can happen. [...]
biblioburro
Posted in good reads, tagged biblioburro, bookmobile, books on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have a warm spot in my heart for the bookmobile of my youth. To me, it was a rolling candy store, a literary ice cream truck without the canned music and creepy tattooed guy handing out melted treats. Just a nice lady with loads of books. Yum! This quiet video made me smile, with [...]
{Books to Ponder} April
Posted in good reads, tagged Anne Lamott, Christina Katz, J.A. Konrath, Jack Kilborn, Maria Bailey, Nora Ephron, The Ultimate Mom on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Current Reads: Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott And, of course, since I had read the story that I wrote but not the other 257 pages: The Ultimate Mom, an anthology by Maria Bailey (I’ve heard the story on page 34 is worth a look) Recently read: Whiskey Sour, J.A. Konrath 1/2 page of Afraid, Jack Kilborn [...]
say it isn’t so
Posted in good reads, tagged Lake Wobegon on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Maybe I’ve been exposed to way too many scary books lately, but the world just seems more ominious of late. Even the placid safe haven of Lake Wobegon has not been spared…
six degrees of bloggeration
Posted in Foodies, good reads, seasons, tagged blogs, vintage cookbooks on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For me, one of the wonders of the blogoshere is this ability to find kindred spirits anywhere in the world. Until very recently, I met people through the traditional walks and walkings of life, made many wonderful friends and interesting acquaintances — but my web of connections was based on where I lived, where the [...]
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