Roughly 40 hours later and I am just getting into my spot for the next few days – a cozy, gutted bus in Montgomery. The trip was only supposed to take 20 hours, but lucky me I got nearly twice the amount of time traveling for the same price ! The bus driver left us
After the heavy reading of Winter, I decided on a whim to spend the $5.97 cover price for A Wrinkle in Time. I had not previously read this book. I was reminded of an Oprah interview in which she spoke about the movie project when I saw the trailer for it. Like other Oprah selections,
Last night I stayed on 39th between 8th and 9th before hopping a bus to Montgomery. I have to admit, though I grew up looking at Manhattan and then moved there — I have never slept with this close a view of the Empire State Building. I am on the bus as I write this
I confess, open arts intimidated me just a little. As a humanities professor I teach, among other things, appreciation of the arts. I lament that my students don’t always even bother to participate and really` seek out opportunities to experience in the art that surround us everyday. Yet, I too am guilty of preferring to
I have been so pleased with the choice for the the third Nasher Prize, awarded by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. I had first learned of his work in a documentary piece on PBS a few years ago, and was captured by the combination of sculpture, pottery, performance art and urban development in his
Hi friends, Now that the reading challenge has ended we will begin Spring Open Arts! This time before our Summer Reading Challenge can be used to post about anything you like– art you are working on, or art you are appreciating. Let’s think of Open Arts as a way to foster art literacy. Have fun,
They say Spring sprung yesterday, but that Groundhog knew what was up when he turned back around and went to bed. It is drizzly and grey – the weather, my spirits and everything I have been watching and reading. (I just binge watched the entire first season of The Handmaid’s tale.) Now all I want
I just finished Mr Mercedes – about 5 minutes ago. I have to thank this group one more time since so many finished it really helped build positive peer pressure for me! I think I enjoyed Mr Mercedes and I actually already took out the second book of the trilogy Finders Keepers from the library
…magnified and magnificent; that’s what “Winter Reading 2018” has been. My thanks to the grand organizer, Borkali, and to every one of you who has read alongside me. I know each of you has an over-committed schedule, so I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to discuss what you’ve read. I’ve never done anything like
I managed to get two more books in before the deadline. Slow days at work and rainy weather make for ample reading time. & bringing my total pages to 3314! Artemis was a disappointment. I had been looking forward to reading this new work by Andy Weir for months. I enjoyed his previous book The