This from a few days ago. Thinking up a new game, here’s Catherine to her brother: “Hallam, you be Zachias, and I’ll be the Lord.”
How to Make Books More Interesting
In a previous post I shared with you evidence of my son’s extraordinary ability to read books in the most uncomfortable positions imaginable. Well, he’s at it again. Triumphantly, in this latest version he has succeeded in doing away with the need for a chair completely. So proud.
Miles Davis Reappears as Baked Snack Shock
Incredibly important and exciting news. My friend, colleague, and fellow blogger, Mrs. McPea, recently found this oddly familiar-looking thing in her bag of Cheetos: That, ladies and gentlemen, is Miles Davis. Oh yes it is. Look at the cover of one of his most celebrated albums, Sketches of Spain: See?? Miles died in 1991. What we have here is nothing …
Kite Flying on Easter Sunday
Today I went up to the barn for something – can’t remember what – and found an old kite that we’d forgotten about. The rest of the afternoon was spent running around in the wind. Not sure I can think of anything more perfect. Happy Easter, everyone.
Done. (Well done.)
It’s over. I realized last night that my last meaty meal would have been on the previous Tuesday evening, so technically my little experiment could end earlier than I had originally anticipated. Therefore, after a tomato, pesto and cheese sandwich for lunch (with hummus on the side) yesterday evening I ate some bacon. Interestingly, although I enjoyed it very much, …
Alex’s Neat Meat Feat – Day 1
Well, I made it through ONE DAY. Breakfast was easy enough: Special K poses no real threat. Sunday bacon will be a different matter, but let’s cross that bridge, etc. Lunch was slightly harder. I met Christina at Sycamore, one of our regular haunts for lunch. One of the most magnificent meals in all creation is Mike Odette’s utterly wondrous …
Eating Animals.
I love meat. Growing up in a family of devout foodies, I have always eaten meat, lots of it, and always with relish. I like my steaks still mooing. (Hell, I’ll even eat cows raw, when I’m in Paris. Bring on the steak tartare.) So I knew it was always going to be something of a gamble to read Jonathan …
Twit.
So, yeah, I have a twitter account. Of course I do. I’m just not entirely sure what I should do with it. I had the bright idea of tweeting my entire novel, 140 characters at a time, until I realized that if I did one tweet a day I would finally be finished around mid-November, 2024.
Who Says Apple Users Don’t have a Sense of Humor?
Everyone else, that’s who.
Accentuate the Positive?
I have just finished a hugely enjoyable book by the brilliant and very funny Barbara Ehrenreich. It’s called Bright-Sided, and is a much-needed puncturing of the “positive thinking” epidemic that has been slowly creeping over all elements of American society. With a wonderfully deft touch, Ehrenreich neatly skewers several juicy targets who have come to rely on vacuous optimistic mantras and …