The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
I have a speech to give tomorrow night. It is a brief one. It is closely timed. It is one of many given on the same night and in the same format. Given these constraints I am striving to make it as striking as possible. I plan to have it fully memorized. I have finished [...]
Nothing like planning a big event and fearing judgmental relatives to make sure your house gets truly clean. I can tell exactly how tall Alex and Luc are by how much of the wall I have to scrub. On the plus side, I’m thrilled with my cleaning solution. I’m using a small amount of my [...]
The boys will be wearing these for the wedding. Lest you think I’ve gone completely over to the dark side of propriety and formality be assured that they will probably be barefoot.
I let the blog rest over the weekend (it claimed it was very, very tired) and read through Northanger Abbey in my spare time. Lovely, lovely book. I also have been working on my Ignite Boise presentation and frantically planning out the last few details for the wedding. Decisions are all made and now it’s [...]
So I rode to a coffeehouse last night to read. I pulled the bike trailer with me so I could go grocery shopping before going home. On my way to Winco I was passed by several spandex-wearing “serious” cyclists. For the record, my husband Jared was one such when I married him. I was riding [...]
Here are the books I need/want to read in the next four weeks. From bottom to top:Â Summa Theologica by St. Thomas, The Discarded Image, Medieval and Rennaissance Literature, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century-all by Lewis- The City of God by St. Augustine & A Book of Hours by Merton. I’ve already read most [...]
This book has many elements that tend to set my teeth on edge: cries against a vast conspiracy, a shiny new cover, lots of praise for the author printed in it and an insistence that the vast majority have it wrong and only our author is standing for truth and reality. And yet…it was a [...]
I have just finished this book which is an unusual venture for me. I don’t often read sci-fi or fantasy unless it is authored or recommended by Lewis or Tolkien. But my good friend Brent proffered it and his recommendations are nearly as reliable so I read it. And…I’m not sure what to think. The [...]
My sister-in-law (the other Amanda Patchin) is in Wales and graciously gave me permission to raid her closet while she is gone. She has impeccable taste in clothes and has the good manners to be my exact size. I love it.
Some readers turn to chick-lit, mysteries, or YA novels when they are feeling mentally tired and not up to reading denser fare. Allegedly this is what summer reading is all about. I have never experienced a difference in my reading patterns from season to season but I do sometimes feel the need to take a [...]