books – Andrea Y. Griffith

Reading Update

My photographs are terrible here and it doesn’t help that all of my books are cream/tan. Anyway, here’s an update on my little shelf project. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America. George PackerWhoa, read this if it all sounds good to you. George Packer takes the lives of three ordinary Americans as wellContinue reading “Reading Update”

Father’s Day & Reading Update

Telfer spent father’s day weekend in Brooklyn helping Eleanor settle into her new place. Buying real estate in New York is no joke. We gave Eleanor a Telfer-weekend as a Christmas gift and we thought she would close on the apartment by February. Try June! I may have been slightly jealous so the girls and I headedContinue reading “Father’s Day & Reading Update”

Weekly Update: Girls & Reading Edition

Actually, I think most of my posts are either about the girls or reading with a bit of food thrown in here and there. Jane and I got to hang out for a couple hours while Cate was at a birthday party this weekend. I gave her several fun-for-her options including going to the grocery stop (IContinue reading “Weekly Update: Girls & Reading Edition”

Lately Around Here

We are still missing our little Henry around here. I keep looking for him in his usual spots – on our bed at night or on the grey chair while Telfer and I watch Mad Men (how great was Sunday’s episode? Does anyone watch Mad Men besides us? Seriously people, it’s like watching a novel, IContinue reading “Lately Around Here”

Quote for the day [my life]

Finished this weekend. This quote is what I keep returning to read and think over: “It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself…Haven't I learned yet that the desire to be perfect is always disastrous and, at theContinue reading “Quote for the day [my life]”