Mar 29th, 2010
by patricia.
This is a thank you note to Barbara Kingsolver for her incredible stories and for the hours of pure delight I have spent enjoying her story telling and stimulating my thinking. A women’s literary journal was circulating around church one day, people were sharing this start up publication hoping for subscriptions and to promote a [...]
Mar 25th, 2010
by patricia.
By Quinn aka: Librarian Girl Are you looking for a weekend get-away? If you are, PW would like to recommend Ashland, OR; home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Founded in 1935, Ashland has grown around the festival and become an ideal destination for live theater. For over eight months a year there are live performances [...]
Mar 22nd, 2010
by patricia.
So much rain, 2 inches in one afternoon , falling as we catch up in the gauge. There are meetings in the Capital about drought and when to make the declaration. I can hear the sump pumps running to move the street runoff away from the house and to the French drains down the side [...]
Mar 17th, 2010
by patricia.
It was a rainy dreary day and I just could not motivate myself to get into the tasks at hand. With no real demands until dinner time, I grabbed this book from the Online Book Tours group, started a fire in the fireplace and curled up in my favorite chair. What Should I Do With [...]