It’s a chemical world out there. There are chemicals in your food, in your water, in your napkins, in your cleaning products, in your deodorant. You get washed and powdered in chemicals from the moment you’re born and pumped full of them after you … [Read more...]
Sunday Salon: Miscellanea
August 14, 2011 By 5 Comments
In the tradition of Sunday Coffee at bibliophiliac, one of my favorite blogs, I’m rambling this Sunday. Sometimes it’s all about the rambling.- The oppressive heat in southern Indiana finally broke this week, leaving us with humidity free cool … [Read more...]
Book Reviews: A Fountain Filled with Blood and Out of the Deep I Cry
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How do you keep a good thing going? How do you sustain a story and characters across multiple books? How do you keep from running out of steam, especially when you’re leading people down the primrose path of a budding romance? Think the old tv show, … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: My husband the bartender
August 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
This weekend in Madison my lovely husband re-entered the food service industry, after a considerable gap of 30 or so years, by bartending at the 605 Grille. No, folks, this is not what he does for a living. His real job is teaching history to college … [Read more...]
Gender, pedicures and pampering
August 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
This morning I drove to Louisville (which is about an hour away) for a pedicure. As I was talking to my mother on ride down there (I promise all safe driving practices were strictly obeyed) she said, “You’re driving to Louisville for a pedicure?” … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
August 3, 2011 By 4 Comments
This is my beautiful bike, which I believe has the magical ability to make people happy, including (and mostly) me. Post your Wordless Wednesday picture and link up here. … [Read more...]
Sunday Salon Book Review: In the Bleak Midwinter
July 31, 2011 By 10 Comments
It’s still hot in southern Indiana, but I’ve been keeping cool by staying inside (mostly) and reading Julia Spencer-Fleming’s mystery novel, In the Bleak Midwinter. This is the first book in the Reverend Clare Fergusson and Chief Russ Van Alystyne … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: I love our farmer’s market
July 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
I should really probably give up and call this Madison Monday-ish, but whatever. I kind of find it hard to believe that I haven’t written about the Madison Farmer’s Market before, being a big local foodie person. It’s been a busy summer, so the … [Read more...]
Sunday Salon: Heat + heat + heat = more reading
July 24, 2011 By 7 Comments
This past month was a bit of a reading slump for me, something that seemed endemic across the blogosphere. It’s summer, and everyone’s going on vacation, working in their gardens, laying by the pool. There were just a lot more non-reading things … [Read more...]
Book Review: Little, Big
July 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
So after trying out Lyonesse and Illyria, my next foray into the fantasy genre is also a World Fantasy Award winner, which maybe starts to reveal what it takes to win the World Fantasy Award. Like Illyria, Little, Big is....hmm....confusing. But not … [Read more...]
