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Are you joining the club? Club Read!
Club Read is: October 15-16, 2011 a weekend away at Mariner’s Landing Resort and Conference Center in Huddleston, Virginia featuring a dozen authors who will mix and mingle at casual dinners, as well...
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Book Juggling: August 23, 2011
I’ve got three books going right now - Traditional Print Format: The A.B.C. Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie This was a win from Harper Paperbacks and Booking Mama via the “Cool...
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“An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” by Louisa May Alcott
“An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” is a Louisa May Alcott short story that was originally published in the Aunt Jo’s Scrapbag collection "Orchard House" - the Alcott home in Concord The first paragraph...
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Popcorn and coffee and Boy Scouts, oh my!
(say it to the rhythm of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”) We’re home from a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with J’s sister in NJ, and hope that – if you celebrated – you had a nice time with...
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You like me, you really like me!
With apologies to Sally Field (who, as a non sequitur, I was said to resemble back in her Flying Nun days; the show ended when I was 5, so I’m not sure what to make of that!) … this blog post title is...
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Merry Christmas!
To my friends who are celebrating today – Merry Christmas from the silly SITFOB family! Peace on earth, goodwill (and plenty of good books!) to all
View ArticleA little levity
We’re real punsters around here – it’s an exciting Sunday when the New York Times delivers two copies of the Magazine with the “Puns and Anagrams” puzzle inside! We’re also grammar geeks. Well,...
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a little break …
Actually, not a break, but a sprain (which, the doctors say – and I agree – can be as uncomfortable as a break). Today’s blog post is this colorful picture and a “oh, poor me” explanation of why the...
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A bookish Patriots’ Day in Concord
A few photos from last Monday – this was Patriots’ Day in the state of Massachusetts … also known as the day the Boston Marathon is run. In the rest of the country, it’s much like any other day. But,...
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Since you asked, before and after pics …
Several on twitter and Facebook have asked about the modified Human Rights Campaign symbol I posted. Here is the bookcase before: and after its digital enhancement:...
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Spotlight on Bookstores: remembering *WordsWorth* in Cambridge, MA
A long time ago (16 – 18 years), in a galaxy far, far away (Cambridge) … lived a young man and woman. The proverbial poor students (as in, “not a lot of cash,” not “they struggled to get passing...
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Book Art: The World of the Limitless
In my Sunday Salon post I briefly mentioned an exhibit I had attended with my friend Kristine. BookArt: The World of the Limitless was at ArtSpace in Maynard, Mass. through January 14, and we were...
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Thought on *Birds of a Feather* by Jacqueline Winspear (audiobook)
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs, book #2) Audio CD (9 CDs, about 10.5 hours total) Publisher: Sound Library; Unabridged edition (June 2005) ISBN-13: 978-0792736653 Birds of a...
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Spotlight on Bookstores: *River Lights 2nd Edition* in Dubuque, Iowa
I’m not one to make many wagers, but I’d stake money (or books, wine, or chocolate) on the number of you who will be saying Photo Credit: Joey Wallis “I want to visit River Lights!” after reading this...
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Children’s Book Review: *I’m Not* by Pam Smallcomb
I’m Not. written by Pam Smallcomb; illustrated by Robert Weinstock Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (December 28, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0375861154...
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Pahk yah cah in …
Somewhere in Cambridge, a car with the tag YAHD is looking for its mate!
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Lost in a good book
Championship game, Harvard-Princeton, tied 4-4 in overtime. The kids had moved down to the front row, behind the goal, where all the action was. Did LW8 have her nosed pressed against the Plexiglass,...
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Luck o’ the Irish
An Old Irish Blessing May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy...
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More kitchen science (kind of)
I’m stretching this one, because LM6 has asked for equal time to show off his Science Fair project. On with the show: Separating Mixtures “My sister did this experiment last year when she was in Eighth...
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