Last week I traveled for a while and read two and a half new books. I also enjoyed leaving my computer alone for five days. ; ) The first book was The Great Passion by James Runcie. It sounds like some regency love story but, no. It is a historical novel about the writing of [...]
I was sent this picture to post if I wanted to. It's a Baltimore Oriole, and I love the photo. Once I was watching a cardinal and wondering idly how such bright red birds were able to vanish. The cardinal turned and I saw how the sudden dull red on its back allowed it to [...]
I was struck by the beauty of Fitzgerald's imagery. ... drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam ... It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey-turning, gold-turning light. The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds [...]
Years ago our local public high school had a teacher who regularly told students that it was impossible for Christians to be scientists. Of course, the simplest way to show what nonsense that teacher was spouting was simply to point out all the scientists who had been serious Christians. I thought I would make a [...]
Every mitered corner that I sew takes me about half an hour, first to pin and then to stitch. It's because I'm an amateur. I've actually done the miter in the lower right of the picture by now and hope to finish the gold trim today. Might even sew the front to the back. I [...]
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