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…
Bookpile: July 2011
* St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves – Love, love, love that title, which is why I picked it for a challenge read this year. And … not what I expected. It’s short stories, which are fine, just generally unsatisfying because they offer such a brief glimpse. And…
Ooh – shiny! Avoiding the distraction of new
Oh, like I’m really one to talk about this subject. I have yet to actually learn how to avoid the “ooh – shiny” syndrome. New projects, topics, issues all spark that engine that runs my hamster wheel. And we’re off and running, leaving whatever I was working on behind. Now,…
Bookpile: June 2011
* The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America – I actually think I had checked this book out before and then never got to it. The cover looks really familiar. And people have just raved about it, but I have to…