Author: Cari

I read Anna Karenina for the first time in 1992, in the second semester of my freshman year in college. I loved it, but was never moved to read it a second time. There are a lot of books in …

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This pokey old iBook that I’m working on now (see Water Incident in this post for explanation) doesn’t have iPhoto–or any other photo program for that matter–so I can’t get the many photos off my camera to share with you. …

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Happy fourth birthday, love bug! You’re my favorite super hero.

It’ll have to do, yeah? Plus, numbered lists please me. 1. I’m typing this on a very old, very slow iBook and it’s a drag. I’m grateful to have this pokey old laptop, a handmedown from a friend’s girlfriend, but …

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Do you remember my review of Light Boxes and interview with the author, Shane Jones, that I did a while back? Well, I wasn’t alone in loving that novel. The original print run sold out completely. When the demand for …

Your second chance at Light Boxes Read more »

I may not be managing to blog much since the little girl’s arrival (yes, she needs a pseudonym for the blog. Suggestions welcome.), but I have managed to keep up on the more vital stuff around here, like the garden. …

Another fascinating garden update Read more »

You’ll be shocked to learn that a new baby kind of gets in the way of blogging. Time to move the surgery pics down a bit, though, yeah? Here’s a photo I’ve been meaning to post for some time, but …

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…but now that the baby is here, it’s kind of scrambling my eggs. In a good way, mind you… but, still. Eggs, scrambled. I have two kids. TWO! Crazy! How lucky am I? Damn lucky. They even like each other …

Intellectually, I knew this is what we were headed for… Read more »

March 31st, 2:09 pm 7lbs 12 oz, 20 inches We’re all doing well. More soon.