Just like Halloween candy in your local drug store, it seems like the political jabs of presidential candidates appear earlier and earlier every (four) year(s). One name on the Republican ballot you might recognize is Rick Santorum. You might remember Rick Santorum as the former Senator from Pennsylvania. Although, if Google search results are any indication, you most likely are familiar [...]
Archive for August, 2011
It’s not like you can start going by Dick Santorum
Posted in Books, Non-Fiction, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Dan Savage, Google Problem, Rick Santorum, The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided To Go Get Pregnant on August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Spotted: Haute Coco
Posted in Biography, Non-Fiction, tagged Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman on August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first reaction to seeing a young woman reading “The Gospel According to Coco Chanel” was one of relief. We have seemed to be participating in an unintentional fantasy quest around here of late. But upon further reflection, maybe the book is just a different kind of fantasy. Here is a woman who was born into poverty, raised [...]
Thanks for Being So Bold
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A big thank you to Chris Appelgren over at The Bold Italic for reading and mentioning our humble little blog. You want to know what I think about you reading “A Dance With Dragons,” the fifth book in the “A Song of Fire and Ice” fantasy series? Two things: First, I saw someone reading “A [...]