→ May 2, 2010
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It’s been awhile since my last book post, and I’ve been reading pretty often. I churn through things so quickly I don’t always have time to absorb them, and it makes me want discussion & absorption. Which made me have an idea — let’s start a summer blog book club! How it works! 1. I’ll start. I’ll [...]
→ January 4, 2010
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Ok, we don’t get them here, so I’m dreaming. While the rest of the country freezes, it’s sunny and warm here. Boo! But this post is a tribute to staying in, bundled by the woodstove, cracking open a new book and going on adventures! I had a stack for my convalescence, but only got through a [...]
→ August 30, 2009
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Mmmm! Summertime book wrap up — recent reads. I’ve been spending my weekend in what I consider the ultimate indulgence – quilts in the sun, tiny cakes, and stacks of books for hours and hours. I didn’t go to Vermont!! I decided to stay, and go in October. I need a proper autumn, anyway. Mockingbird ~ [...]
→ May 28, 2009
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Leroi Jones and Diane Di Prima at the Cedar Tavern, April 5, 1960 I’ve been obsessed, OBSESSED with Diane DiPrima since I was 14 and came across her poems in an anthology, devouring everything I could find after that. Memorizing chunks of Loba, her epic poem that continues to be written. Living vicariously through her Recollections [...]
→ April 10, 2009
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I spent my summers lying in the high grass, packing down little circles like a deer, finding tiny spots in the sun, wishing to the earth & sky that whatever put me here would take me home. Curled under the roots of trees where the creek carved out a space for me, toes digging into [...]
A lifelong obsession with Baba Yaga. Stellarbaby posted this print, which of course I bought immediately ~ I would love to build a Baba Yaga cabin on my land, chicken feet and all. Sometimes that me wants to come out, the long grey haired eating rabbits with bare hands sitting in the woods by a fire [...]
So many thanks to the tiny gnome librarians who sit up all night spinning straw into gold scanning the old copies of so many amazing books. While it’s not the same as holding the book and reading it, the typography & illustrations of these older versions are amazing & worth peeking at. The Blue Bird: [...]
