This year, for Halloween, I was a library. Kevin took most of these pics with Fancy Camera. Click on any pic to embiggen/get a more focused view. Last year, while searching for appropriate teapot/flower fabric for my Mad Hatter costume, I stumbled across the book fabric shown in the skirt above. That’s when I realized… Read more »
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Randutiae Whilst Transcribing. Or Whilst Not Transcribing. GROUCHY RANDUTIAE TO AVOID TRANSCRIBING
I seem unable to stop listening to Led Zeppelin’s “The Battle of Evermore.” I think the mandolin has ensorcelled me. Send help. ****** The Cambridge Public Library recently changed their lending policies. Instead of a three-week lending period with the possibility of three renewals (12 weeks total), now they’ve got a four-week lending period with… Read more »
In the New York Public Library During a Thunderstorm
Great for lots of moody pictures out the windows (and a grumpy marble guy)…
Book Recs + A Final Post of Tour Pictures — Again from Seattle
A couple books I recently loved: Mystery of the Tempest: A Fisher Key Adventure, by Sam Cameron, which is kind of a brilliant, modern-day Hardy Boys-esque adventure in which the young detectives are identical twins, one straight, one gay. It’s awesome to read adventurous hijinks in a familiar form (of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew ilk),… Read more »
The Phantom Sculptor Strikes Again
The month has only just begun, but already, December is reliably crazy. I’ll do my utmost to keep blogging, right up until the point where it starts feeling like another task on my list. Today I don’t have time for anything of my own, but this post by Robert Krulwich on the NPR blog is… Read more »
Library Stuff and Movie Things
In case you’ve not heard about the libraries devastated by Hurricane Irene, here’s a post from Kate Messner with info about how to help. (Update: this blog post has more, and possibly more complete, information!) Also, do you have a teeny tiny library in your town? (Thanks, R, for the link.) In other news, I… Read more »
Randutiae for a Busy Week
I’m still having a funny stretch of dreams. The other night, after yet another trapeze class, I dreamed about a guy who was taking trapeze lessons. His name was Ted Zeppelin. The soundtrack of the dream was Pink Floyd, though, so there might be some band confusion in my brain somewhere. A quote from Mark… Read more »
This Week’s Monday Post Is Brought to You by (Voting) Tuesday…
… or something. Vote! Vote! Vote! So. I have things to blog about Chicago and South Bend, but I’m waiting for a photo, plus, I don’t have the brain space at the moment. The reason I don’t have the brain space is that, as always upon returning home after a trip, I am feeling a… Read more »
To Kill a Mockingbird Read-a-Thon at the CPL, Aug 5, 9am-9pm
Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small… Read more »
In Which the Author Is Tired
I like this post called Stop Telling People to Love Their Bodies, and some of the comments, too. H/t, R. Also, I’m totally enjoying the Buffy Fashion Roulette over at The Bitter Buffalo. On August 5, there’ll be an all-day reading of To Kill a Mockingbird at the main branch of the Cambridge Public Library,… Read more »
