Category Archives: Ruminations

Cloud Atlas is a movie with six stories in it. It is two hours and 44 minutes long. About two-thirds of the way in, during a part of the story looks like a 1970s action flick, Halle Berry, standing by … Continue reading →

My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree, Toward heaven still, And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples that I didn’t pick upon some bough But I am done … Continue reading →

Last night when I got home I found a big box in my chair. It was from the Four-Eyed Frog, and chock full of books! Here’s what was in there: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, a YA fantasy. This has been … Continue reading →

Today I gathered up all the documents, clipped them together and put them in a folder. It was a pretty folder I brought from home. It has a peacock on the front and gold curlicues along the sides. It says … Continue reading →

It’s shocking how much I don’t want to go to work tomorrow. Of course,I had a great vacation, but aren’t they supposed to energize you and make you eager to get back into work surroundings and be productive and whatever? … Continue reading →

All Hallows’ Read is only three and a half months away. That’s an eon if you’re talking about buying candy — but what if you plan to give away books?  Might be time to start stocking up. As wonderful as … Continue reading →

If Syfy’s new series Lost Girl can maintain the intensity and the quality of production values it had in its opening episode, it could be the best show the channel has ever shown. I was going to say that it’s … Continue reading →

Part of my Sunday routine was to browse Copperfield’s Used Books after I left the farmers’ market. I would visit Sally, the bookstore cat, and usually share a bit of chard or kale with her. I’d visit with the clerks … Continue reading →