Friday Fill-ins 08-28-09

Janet is our fantastic host for this weekly event.


My responses are in italics.




1. He was a complicated man who did a lot of good things for this country. Ted Kennedy RIP.

2. Autumn chill, long nights, quiet days is what I look forward to most this time of year.

3. My best friend is not a term I use.

4. My intention is always to be honest with you.

5. Appearances can be fun and creative!

6. The last person I gave a hug to was Laurie. Why don't we do that more often?

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to reading my book and watching The Matrix, tomorrow my plans include going to a house concert to hear my friends perform and Sunday, I want to finish my current book, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay!

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Teaser Tuesday and Where Are You? 08-25-09: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Should Be Reading - Miz B - hosts this weekly event. We throw out a couple of sentences from our current read (without spoilers, of course) to entice you to read the book.


This week my teaser is from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, page 61:

Finally, Josef had to reach into the coffin and grasp the Golem around the waist, elevating its lower body several inches, before Kornblum could tug the trousers over the feet, up the legs, and around the Golem's rather sizable buttocks. They had decided not to bother with underwear, but for the sake of anatomical versimilitude - in a display of the thoroughness that had characterized his career on the stage -- Kornblum tore one of the old tallises in two (kissing it first), gave a series of twists to one of the halves, and tucked the resulting artifact up between the Golem's legs, into the crotch, where there was only a smooth void of clay.

It's Tuesday, Where Are You? is hosted by an adventure in reading.

I'm in Brooklyn, 1939, having arrived in a circuitous route from Czechoslovakia to Lithuania, Russia, Japan and San Francisco. I'll soon be making my debut in the comic book industry.

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Friday Fill-ins 08-21-09

Janet is our fantastic host for this weekly event.


My responses are in italics.


1. I remember, I remember...hmmm, no I don’t.

2. Dear Laurie, I want you to know how grateful I am for you in my life (I want to see if she reads this!)


3. Is that my puppy’s EARS!!??!!

4. I'm trying to resist the temptation of more coffee and ice cream.

5. I'm saving a cuddle just for you!

6. If I made a birthday list a beach trip would definitely be on it!!!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to visiting with my friend Wendy, tomorrow my plans include a little more visiting and some reading and Sunday, I want to heal! Read More!

Teaser Tuesday and Where Are You? 08-18-09: The Day the Falls Stood Still

Should Be Reading - Miz B - hosts this weekly event. We throw out a couple of sentences from our current read (without spoilers, of course) to entice you to read the book.


This week my teaser is from The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan, page 89:

But I am not so quick to rule out mystery and magic. I like the astonishing and do not doubt that it exists. What is God, after all, if not mystery and magic, and astonishing? I have little inclination to scoff at Tom’s bit of mystery. From my window seat at the academy, I saw prayers in the rising mist.

It's Tuesday, Where Are You? is hosted by an adventure in reading.

I'm in 1915 Niagara Falls, Ontario. I'm learning some interesting history about the Falls and getting acquainted with some colorful and mystical folks who live and work around here.

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Friday Fill-ins 08-07-09

Janet is our fantastic host for this weekly event.


My responses are in italics.




1. A root beer float is my favorite summertime dessert.

2. My favorite John Hughes movies is (I had to look up who this was; I don’t often track directors) Planes, Trains & Automobiles, hands down.

3. My puppy’s soft soft ears is something I love to touch.

4. The full moon makes me smile. Every time.

5. I’m feeling confident about next week’s surgery right now.

6. When daylight fades I want to take pictures in the sweet dusky light.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to reading and blogging, tomorrow my plans include doing a photo shoot with Ms. P and her parents and going out to dinner with Laurie and Sunday, I want to pick up my sister from the train station and have some good time together, and my last good meal before surgery!

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Teaser Tuesday and Where Are You? 08-04-09: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Should Be Reading - Miz B - hosts this weekly event. We throw out a couple of sentences from our current read (without spoilers, of course) to entice you to read the book.


This week my teaser is from The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe, page 152:

Still the whispers circulated in the mouths of the people seated behind her, occasionally spilling out whole words and fragments that Mercy could just overhear. 'Disappeared,' she thought she heard, and 'little child' and 'neigh distracted.' Also one word, more often than all the others, the word she dreaded: 'witch.'

It's Tuesday, Where Are You? is hosted by an adventure in reading.

I'm in Salem, Marblehead, and Boston Massachusetts alternating between the 17th and 20th centuries as I put together the story of accused witch, Deliverance Dane.

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