This is what my husband refers to as one of my “stupid, but SMART stupid” posts, and I think he’s half right. Me, I was just looking for an excuse to get to that last joke, which I am prouder of than any other achievement in my entire life. Read more
If you can believe it, his very first book was the exquisite The Snowy Day I love the sense of quiet alertness conveyed with those blocks of color, love that giant Mama, love the simple portraits of the little sorrows and the great joys of childhood. This was one of the first children’s books about a black kid. More seasonable, another of my favorites illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats is Over in the Meadow: My favorite counting song, so cozy and satisfying, and the pictures are intense and... Read more
with the inestimable Betty Butterfield recounting her experience at St. Assisi Francentine: It had a lot of flow to it, but a lot of it caught me off guard. Read more
And get offa my lawn. Read more
Poor thing. Read more
We went! The worst thing that happened was that one kid got a bloody nose on another kid, right in front of a John Singer Sargent. But that could have happened to anyone. Read more
with some Willie Frickin Nelson! “There’s more old drunks than there are old doctors, so I guess we better have another round.” Also, songwriters take note: two minutes, forty-one seconds, the end. That’s how you do it. Read more
And when I say that working for Catholics is a truly horrible way to make a living, I’m, heh heh, of course not referring to, heh heh, any of the Catholics that I work for . . . I’m fired, aren’t I. Read more
1. I’m re-reading Anna Karenina, which is 808 pages long. Last time I read it was in college, I only got up to page 762 and then lost interest. Gee, I hope Anna turns things around before it’s too late. QUESTION for anyone who’s read the book: have you seen the movie? I haven’t even read any reviews. When I heard Anna was going to be played by Kiera Knightley, I wondered why they didn’t get an actress instead. 2. Whenever I read old... Read more
I wrote today’s post (including one of my favorite photos on the entire internet) entirely on my new laptop and YES IT KILLED ME. Wah wah, poor me, I have a brand new machine and I wasn’t born knowing how to use it, and I had to trim my fingernails so I would stop skidding around on the keyboard so much. Question: why has there been no legislation to mandate a flashing red “UNDO” button on all computer programs, or whatever... Read more
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