Lex Parsimoniae

These sweet ladies read my book for their recent book club, which they discussed over Ethiopian food. Love! Have you ever heard of Ockham’s razor? Essentially this is the concept that the easiest explanation is probably the right one. Think horse instead of...

A Common Treasure for All, both Rich + Poor

If you live within five zip codes of my home and have crossed my path in the last week, chances are I’ve taken the time to belabor what an amazing book I’ve just read — Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, by Novella Carpenter. If you have...

Book Love, Continued

So, Mini was exceptionally kind to film the book signing for me. I’m just getting through email and remembered I hadn’t posted these links. If you are interested in hearing any of this, here is the first part. The others are available via her Youtube...

Thanksgiving

Saturday night started season 4 of the Pre-Emptive Strikes reign of glory. Or reign of too-much dinner followed by rented shoes and three games of hilarity. Your choice. A pretty fun cast of characters to spend a Saturday night with, I must admit. Next time I’ll...

Funambulist

The No Vampire Book Club is reading Let the Great World Spin for September. I’ve never read anything by Colum McCann and I haven’t been this delighted to find an author since being introduced to Brady Udall’s work. McCann’s storytelling is so...

Constructing

I’ve been MIA this week, according to my dear Mini. I turned in my “final” edits for the novel after finding typos here and there in the first edition. Afterward, I thankfully pushed my laptop away for a bit. It’s been push push PUSH for quite...