My goal was to finish the 30 CDs of this audiobook (757 printed pages) by its July 7 due date at the library, and I did it. Listened to every word, quite a few of them while I was keeping an eye on the Decorah Eagle Cam. Court intrigue / Pecking order. This book is
This book of poetry gives us insight into the kids of Bronzeville, which is in Chicago. The poems “Jim” “Eldora, Who is Rich” & “The Admiration of Willie.” The illustrations bring the reader straight into the neighborhood and the narratives.
Hello everyone! My name is Leslie and I live in Kathmandu. Here, the very rainy season is perfect for staying inside. Streets will flood, mangoes will ripen on the trees, all my clothes will smell like mildew because drying on the line is the option around here….and so I will be in my robe, eating
My current pile. Of course, geologic forces could alter it at any time…
Here’s a stack of a solid dozen. Not sure where I’ll start or end, but isn’t that how it goes? I’m looking forward to a Steinbeck study, potentially finishing the second half of the Neapolitan novels and learning more about the dark sides of empathy. Miriam Toews is an author I have followed and enjoy–
Just saying hello & saying thanks, once again, to Borkali for making a place for us to read together. I am here at home and will be here in this home, reading and generally living on the internet. Our public library system has just begun to allow reserved materials to be picked up at certain
I had the chance to interview Joan Frank on Meraki Radio after reading most of Try to Get Lost. I had a lot of fun with reading and thinking and talking about travel– it felt like a sort of brain escape! Here’s a link to the show: LINK
The garden is giving– we overfloweth with greens. I felt compelled to give back and have added a bowl of seeds and dried bread that I’ve added to the brown study. The black study has just begun and the simplicity strikes me today. The cobwebs within the green study connect to white and the interruption
Poetry can often channel grief, pain, solidarity, and resistance in ways that everyday language can’t. Black Lives Matter: Six Poems — Discover I discovered this post on WordPress and thought it was worth sharing!
I read this book because Cindy Ingram, who operates as The Art Class Curator, has set up a discussion of it on Zoom. Cindy was invited to speak to our museum docent group a couple of years ago about how to engage students with works of art. I have followed her ever since. Even if
Seasonal Reading 