I'm not a Buffy fan or anything (never seen an episode), but I just picked up a book by Christopher Golden called, Of Saints and Shadows. It's the first in the Shadow series, I'm told...vampire stuff ya know ( Read more... )

Awhile back I went to imdb.com and tried to make a list of every movie I've ever seen. It was fun for awhile, but somewhere around three hundred I started to feel like I was on some carnival ride I just couldn't get off of.

People come and go, then come back again sometimes.

I heard a story on Public radio about these two women who started a company to record spoken word performances - way back in 1952. Their idea was the seed for what is today a very significant audiobook industry ( Read more... )

This morning on the way to the pool I pulled onto the highway and pressed on the gas pedal, urging the car's cold and protesting engine toward the speed limit. I shivered, huddling over the wheel, and looked off into the distance at the first hint of the sun starting to wink her eye open. Just as I was about to look back to the road, a meteor ( Read more... )

From Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman

14 MAY 1905There is a place where time stands still. Raindrops hang motionless in air. Pendulums of clocks float mid-swing. Dogs raise their muzzles in silent howls. Pedestrians are frozen on dusty streets, their legs cocked as if held by strings. The aromas of dates, mangoes, coriander, cumin are ( Read more... )

Our baby girl has her ninth birthday today. Watching her become a young lady makes my heart sing with joy. She is so curious about everything around her. Her personality is strong and her sense of humor highly contagious. Her room looks like a tornado swept through and then did an about-face, coming back just to make sure nothing is still in ( Read more... )

I've been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO. I generally find the show to be very amusing, but I can't help wondering if Larry David is really as much of a jerk as he plays in the show. This guy is so selfish it's incredible. As I type this I'm thinking it's got to be only an act.

When I sit and listen to Chicago I feel really good about my life. It really clears my senses and gives me confidence about where I'm going because it reminds me of where I've been. It helps me climb out of the box and see things I don't always notice.

...I still believe, believe in something right ( Read more... )

Two days later, she's gone. It's hard to believe, even though we all new it was coming. Saturday morning, the nursing home called saying they couldn't wake her up. We all congregated around her bed where she slept, so peacefully. Several hours later, she just stopped breathing ( Read more... )