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April 2010

April 27, 2010

Blog, Interrupted

Boy, oh boy. Despite all my good intentions, life has once again trumped blogging and this poor, sad little space has sat sorely neglected for another month.

But! I have good excuses. The very best of excuses, really.

It's called reality.

And in this version of reality, a woman has had too few hours in each day to accomplish everything she needed to get done.

Besides...I was busy cheering, celebrating and overdosing on cuteness.

There was the thunder of this...

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...and - OMG - the absolute wonderfulness of every single moment of this...

Jessi Bride
...and also the insane joy of THIS*!!!


Jake 

Clearly, I have much to catch up on. I mean, any time you can mark four significant things off of your Life List in one 40-day span is worth noting, don't you think?

I'm baaaacckkk!

Um. Again?

Only this time...I MEAN IT!

Pinky swear.

___________________________


*His name is Jake. He came to live with us yesterday. Because, you know, with no wedding to organize and stress about, I need SOMETHING to do, right? HAHAHA!! Is he not the sweetest pound puppy you ever met? I think so.


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The Mood


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Preface


    perspicacious : having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.

    You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right.
    ~ Maya Angelou

    Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule.
    ~ Frederick W. Robertson

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On the Nightstand

  • Richard Russo: Empire Falls

    Richard Russo: Empire Falls
    This selection comes from my vast piles of "books to be read" and I'm fairly certain I've owned it for going on a decade now. In keeping with one of my 2012 Intentions, I am going through these piles in earnest, and will be procuring the majority of my new reading material this year from said piles. It's time.

    From a review: "Even the minor members of Russo's large cast are fully fleshed, and forays into the past lend the narrative an extra depth and resonance. When it comes to evoking the cherished hopes and dreams of ordinary people, Russo is unsurpassed."

    Sounds pretty promising, no?

  • Denise Kiernan: Signing Their Lives Away

    Denise Kiernan: Signing Their Lives Away
    In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel; Robert Morris went to prison; Thomas Lynch was lost at sea; and of course Sam Adams achieved fame as a patriot/brewer. Complete with portraits of the signers as well as a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.

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