Most of my blogging lately has been over at Fieldmarking.

Our dryer died a couple of weeks ago and (surprise surprise) the Y chromosomes in the house have not yet discovered the ability to hang up wet laundry. They are supposed to do their own, but for some reason I've been doing the mom thing more than usual on that front. The good news is that it ( Read more... )

I often read junk paperback mysteries to relax. A few months ago I made an impulse purchase of Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer instead of my usual detective fiction.

One of my favorite childhood books was Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain. Slipping off to live alone in the woods seemed so appealing. Now I roll my eyes, and say, "Right ( Read more... )