cultivating me

This book marks the 10th in my quest to 1000.  At the moment, reaching 1000 books seems a bit impossible but  I have lots and lots of years ahead of me to reach that goal  ;) I have habit of purchasing books for their covers – much like the way I tend to choose wines [...]

A little while ago, I took myself to the movies.  I really wanted to see the new “Alice in Wonderland” movie and plans I had repeatedly made to see it with other people kept falling apart.  I went on Easter Sunday.  Did you know the mall is closed on Easter Sunday?  I didn’t. The only [...]

This morning, like most mornings, I woke up at 6:15 and like most mornings the first thing I did was to I reach over and turn off the alarm. My alarm happens to be my phone and so naturally the next thing I did was check my email, twitter and facebook accounts.  WAIT….WHAT?!? Naturally that’s [...]

Recently I read the book “Food Matters”.  In it, Mark Bittman argues that for a healthier world and healthier self, we should all eat less meat.  His premise is that the meat packing industry is one of the largest contributors to global warming and that with all the hormones, antibiotics and poor living conditions in [...]

“Then NEW troubles came! From above! And below! A Skritz at my neck! And a Skrink at my toe! And now I was really in trouble you know. The rocks! And the quail! And the Skrintz And the Skrink! I had so many troubles, I just couldn’t think!” Have you had days or weeks like [...]

I never share my academic writing. I just don’t – it’s all about worrying about what others will think of me. It’s all about not feeling good enough or capable and being afraid that someone will figure it out. I’m working on this part of me and in that spirit, Here is a written response [...]

So I’ve mentioned this summer course I am taking? The one I’m really excited about and so happy that I finally am able to have a class with the professor? The one that I am also a little afraid of because I think it might be over my head just a bit (It’s an upper [...]

One day is all it took for me to read life on the refrigerator door by Alice Kuipers *If you cannot tell, I sort of let the my reviews pile up. It is not my fault that the books I choose were too fabulous to put down! We will soon return to the regular scheduled [...]

twilight by Stephanie Meyer From the back cover: About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him – and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be- that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. After [...]

The Opposite Of Fate by Amy Tan From the back cover: Bestsellign novelist Amy Tan shares the story of how she escaped the curses of her past to make a future of her own. She takes us on a journey from her childhood of both tragedy and comedy to the present day and her arrival [...]