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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

…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…

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