Bookpile: October 2011
Not a lot this month since many of these were pretty chunky. But they’re all from the challenge, knocking off quite a few more as we close in on the year. *The Book Thief – This is one of those really hot books of the past couple years and I…
Bookpile: September 2011
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art– Totally weird because Seth references this book in the one of his I read below. I picked it up because of someone else’s recommendation and had finished it by the time I read Seth’s book. This is a fascinating read, treating comics as an academic…
Bookpile: August 2011
Read This Before Our Next Meeting – My friend Al has a book! Go, Al! I actually was on the pre-release list (so the book was sent to me free in hopes of a review) and had it read by the day it came out. In reality, I had it…
Meet my 10-year-old monkeys
I like to get things done. Must get things done. Nothing makes me happier than a crossed-off to-do list. So the various project boxes in my craft room staring me in the face drive me crazy. Especially the ones that are ancient. These two projects are remnants of our summer…
You can barf and still be brave
We rode the Loveland Pass yesterday, heading out from Keystone with the plan to make a big circle back through Dillon. Looked fun and challenging, but I thought I could handle it. What Google Maps fails to tell you is that this rode is 2000 feet straight up and 2000…