So, I ended up choosing And the Band Played On as the first selection from my box o’books. I was gchatting with Best High School Friend Forever (BHSFF) about this earlier, and I was telling her: You know how when you’re watching a scary movie of some kind, and the innocent victim is [...]
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reading And the Band Played On
Posted in voracious verbivore, tagged depressing things on July 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
a box full of stuff and weekend plans
Posted in voracious verbivore, tagged happy things on July 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Before leaving California, I ended up having to ship some stuff home to myself because I ran out of room in my suitcase. Today the box arrived. It mostly contained books I bought at Acres of Books, one of the best used bookstores ever, but it also held other things I had forgotten [...]
genealogical research and subsequent revelations
Posted in family and history, voracious verbivore, tagged happy things on July 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I developed a knack for genealogical research while in library school and uncovered all sorts of interesting facts that filled in gaps in our family history. On my recent visit to California, my grandmother asked me to do some additional research, giving me a list of names and asking if I could dig up [...]