DC’s schizophrenic weather continues with today’s forecast calling for snow. Snow? This after the incredibly beautiful day yesterday. Granted, I still needed a jacket yesterday, and when I sat down by the pool in front of the Capitol reading my hands got more than a little cold holding my book,…
I came across an interesting article from the Publisher’s Weekly twitter feed on independent bookstores many weeks ago. Obviously a hot topic for the past couple of years (and now adding to that the role of bookstores in general). Where I lived growing up, there were not too many independent…
Wow. That’s really all I’ve got. Before, of course, I get into the gushing. So I did already talk briefly about him, back when I first got tickets to his concert. But here’s the thing. No matter how good a recording is, there is just nothing comparable to a live…
Blame it on the jet lag. Or maybe on the fact that it’s been about two-to-three weeks since I’ve sat down and really worked on the novel because of travel and travel preparation. Or maybe it’s just plain Monday insomnia. Whatever the case may be, I’m up. More than bright…
Yes, it’s been a little quiet around here, I know. But I spent almost two weeks traveling for work and then before that was busy preparing for said trip. Still adjusting a bit to the time changes, but woke up this morning feeling mostly back to normal. And of course,…
I wish I knew how to play the violin. Orchestra started a year before band at my school, and I debated on trying it out for a year, but at the time I had my heart set on the flute. So I waited a year. I did have a friend…