Musings on This All Hallow's Eve

The kind of debris from Superstorm Sandyfound in our neighborhood: sticks and leaves.  Evan is out Halloweening with friends, Eric is at the temple, and I am here, slowly putting things back together after we hooked our house up to the generator...

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Hurricane Sandy

After days of watching her inexorable progress north from the tropics on the news, Sandy turned left and inched toward us all day yesterday, finally making landfall last evening. As usual, we've been spared the worst due to our location inland and on...

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Sine Nomine

Here is a desultory list of thoughts. I just feel like writing. The trees are GORGEOUS right now. I am loving driving around under the golden light of the changing leaves. The equinox has shifted the angle of the sun, so everything has taken on that...

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Book Review: Sense and Sensibility, Graphic Novel version

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Adapted by Nancy Butler and Sonny Liew Genre: Adult Romance You might like this book if you love Jane and want a whole new way to experience her work-in words AND pictures! I picked this up out of utter curiosity...

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Book Review: Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead Genre: Fiction, Middle Grades You might like this book if you liked When You Reach Me, or you like stories that have a kind of moody unrest about them and are slightly mysterious and atmospheric. I loved Rebecca Stead's...

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Weight Watchers Update

Yesterday I went to my third Weight Watcher's meeting. It was on a different day, so there was a different leader. I will be back to this meeting. M was stupendously motivating, smart and fun. Her approach resonated with me more than the other gal, nice...

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Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

Yes, I am one of those. Without reading any of the reviews, I went and bought The Casual Vacancy on the first day it was out, from the giant stack at my local warehouse store. I love Rowling's writing in the Potter series. I was excited to see what...

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Book Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston Genre: Adult Fiction You might like this book if you are interested in post-civil war African-American culture in the American south. I love this book. I love the vernacular language, spelled out...

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A Short Course in Miracles

Miracles. What does that word mean to you? To me it is a need met in a way not even on my mind, even as a remote possibility, the very moment before it happens. By this definition, a miracle happened to me this week and I am overwhelmed with gratitude....

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Embracing the Plan

Today I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting. It was a small group of people made up of mostly women (there was only one man), and they were all very nice. It was run by a lovely woman named Debi with blonde hair and pink toenails (yes, you are picturing...

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