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It was only a matter of time before I put together a Jane Austen bookshelf. I love Jane Austen. I am one of those people. I agonize over which is my favorite novel. Always Persuasion unless I have just re-read Pride & Prejudice.  Which Telfer also loves. We didn't name Jane after Jane Austen necessarilyContinue reading “May Bookshelf”

Clearly, I am a bit behind. So here's a sampling of the last couple of weeks.  Easter was good. He is Risen! We had brunch at our house with Elizabeth, her friend Tasha, Chris, Mendy, Nana, and the Duerre family. So fun. I even made my first real cake and it turned out so well.Continue reading “The Last Couple of Weeks”

  I was walking Mr. Henry around the neighborhood last night and found these flowering branches on the ground. The gardeners were going to throw them away so I rescued a few. So beautiful they don’t look real. Appropriate for Easter week. We headed over to Richland this last weekend to visit my parents. WeContinue reading “Spring is coming around”

I haven't read The Great Gatsby since I was a junior in high school (um, 1995?). Rereading Gatsby was pleasurable yet strange. I remembered so much. Partly because we dissected it to death: the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg have never felt far away but partly Gatsby strikes a nerve in the young. In contemplatingContinue reading “Week 15/52: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [and a lot of other random book stuff]”

I may have accidentally picked up Tina Fey's new book while at Costco this morning picking up our picture order. Whoops. I read about 1/3 of it during the girls naptime this afternoon. Snortingly funny.