Most importantly: Hallo, flist! ♥ Miss you all. I've been rushing through for poetry posts, but I only have time for quick glances at the flist. I am going CRAZY for pretty much all of April, apparently. I have hopes that May will be at least slightly less so (but no less awesome!) because I really would like a chance to catch my breath at ( Read more... )

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It's still Library Week, and today is Tax Day, and it's a rainy spring day. Let's combine them all for today's poem, shall we?

( 'When Spring Comes To The Library' by Rob Lopresti )

In honour of V-Day, some brave & beautiful women I've heard about on the radio lately, and a song.

( as we come marching, marching )

Here in the U.S., we observe [ Columbus Day ] on the second Monday in October, in celebration of Columbus first arriving to the "New" World in October 1492. The day is observed as a holiday for most federal government employees, the Post Office, and most public elementary school systems (institutions of higher education pick and choose whether ( Read more... )

I was tagged for this by i_m_pk last week.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening ( Read more... )

I took the day off and went to see a movie today. Because I totally deserve some fun.

What I saw: Nim's Island

My review in a nutshell: :D

Truly, I smiled through the entire movie and laughed out loud many times. (And laughter really is the best medicine. I went in with cramps and a period headache and I came out giddy and refreshed.)

( full review, slightly-not-really spoilery (no more than what's in the trailers anyway) )

In honour of V-Day, I bring you recommendations about the awesomeness of women.

( Brave & Beautiful )

Greetings and salutations on this second day of 2008! I hope everyone's year is off to a good start? Me, I'm doing okay, aside from this pesky cough, but then I almost always have a cough so it's not really a new thing. Just somewhat more annoying than usual since my throat decided I had to cough every time I breathed in while I was trying to go ( Read more... )

I finished up the last of my holiday cards today, so hopefully they'll get to their respective addresses before people leave. Fly, merry little cards, fly like the wind!

And now, some seasonal recommendations! Some of my favourite things to get me in a happy Christmassy mood.

( Holiday recs! )