The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson A Short History of Women – Kate Walbert Little Bee – Chris Cleave That’s how far behind I am! Three books and three gatherings have come and gone without my giving you an update. There’s a reason: I didn’t read two of the books, and I [...]

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The youngest and I watched Julie and Julia tonight. It was my Mother’s Day gift made even more special by her watching it with me. Lots of things were refreshed in my mind. One was how charming the Julie character is in the movie when she was a whole lot more sharp-edged spitfire very fond [...]

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Last night was book club. Usually I show up the next day with a gushing review of whatever we’ve read. This time I have an itty-bitty confession. I didn’t read the book. The selection was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. The general consensus was the book took about 60 pages to [...]

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I finished the book last night. This one was good, and a quick read, but don’t expect it to be easy, especially if you have dementia in your family history. I don’t. While that should have given me some comfort, it didn’t. I’ve had a couple of e-mail exchanges with my book club buddies and [...]

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Especially if it’s running Windblows. (Had to do that, I really did.) Anyway, all done. Except for the programs I need to reload, oh, and the documents, etc., I need to transfer, we’re good to go on this end. I have a love/hate problem when it comes to being my own tech weenie. On the [...]

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A tickle in my nose has become a threatening cold. I have arranged for various witchcraft (the term in my household for all manner of immune support) and am hoping to survive. I’ve beat most of them back this season, so I have my fingers crossed. I do feel badly for those I shared my [...]

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JD Salinger died. So what all did you read of his work? Care to share an opinion? I suffered through Bananafish in college (round two) and it didn’t do much for me. I know for sure 2 of my 3 children read Catcher in the Rye at Brookfield East. They both liked it. They both [...]

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All but one had finished the book in time for Tuesday night. Some of us had read it a few months earlier. While that often has a dampening effect on the discussion, it didn’t for this book. The author had made enough of an impact to keep us all engaged. The book is a translation [...]

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Book club was a hoot. Part of our kitchen discussion – you know, before everyone finally settles down – was about what we did over the holidays. One neighbor mentioned they went to Spain to visit their college daughter. We talked about making do in a foreign land. My guest explained three of the four [...]

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And then the project dissolved into “that will have to do.” All the morning errands went off without a hitch. Trophies delivered? Check. Ancient suitcases conveyed? Yep. While most of the encyclopedias went on their recycling way, a few volumes of Childcraft stayed behind. I mean, how do you part with Poems and Verses? I [...]

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