I feel so much better. It's amazing what getting things off your chest can do. After writing the previous post, I cleaned off my kitchen table, lit a beautifully scented candle, and made some plans for next week. Later I met my husband for dinner (at Quizno's, yes, but still technically dinner out) and bought some gorgeous flour sack dish towels for my mom and mother-in-law. My mom said I needed to try them, so I'm snaking one set of hers and will use it tonight. I'll head over and get her a replacement set on Monday, and maybe will pick up one or two more sets as emergency gifts. Who doesn't love pretty dish towels? Baby's nose is finally drying up, so I think our isolation is over.
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Annie Dillard: The Living: A Novel
Currently reading.Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Part feminist outcry against the Islamic regime in Iran, but mostly a love letter to books. Nafisi looks at Lolita, Daisy Miller, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice not only as works of literature themselves, but through the lens of students during the heyday of the Islamic revolution. My only caveat? It helps to have read the books she discusses.Lauren Weisberger: Everyone Worth Knowing
I picked this up at the airport. After hearing about my grandmother's death I just couldn't deal with "Silent Spring," and this seemed less objectionable than Nora Roberts or Michael Crichton. I finished it, mainly to see if it could really keep up the flow of utter awfulness and banality right up until the end. Easily the worst book I've read since that romance novel about the Corgi. Avoid at all costs.Amy Stewart: Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
One of the most interesting nonfiction books I've read recently. Stewart examines the cut-flower industry, and you'll never look at flowers the same way again. A must-read for anyone who buys flowers.
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She moved through the fair
Jean Redpath: First Flight
Redpath does the most evocative version of this song I've ever heard.I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II- Queen Jane
Custer LaRue: Custer LaRue Sings The Daemon Lover Funeral Ikos
Christopher Robinson: Tavener: Song for Athene/Svyati
One of the most starkly beautiful melodies I've ever heard, this meditative chant on death and the afterlife stuns me anew every time I hear it.
I love my towels! Thanks!
Posted by: Yvonne | October 01, 2008 at 05:16 PM
Sounds like a nice day!
I love pretty dish towels!
Posted by: caramama | October 02, 2008 at 12:52 PM