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The Shelf and The Vine: March 2009
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The Shelf and The Vine. I read a lot. I like writing reviews. These are all the books I read, with my thoughts about them. Many of these are posted on Amazon; if you like these, go there and vote for them, okay? I'm trying to climb the book reviewer ladder. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Geez, I didn't know anyone actually read this. This one's for Hotpants. 7 Douglas Adams: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 2/3. 8 Augusten Burroughs: Dry 2/6. 9 Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman: Bones of the Dragon 2/15.
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The Shelf and The Vine: August 2009
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The Shelf and The Vine. I read a lot. I like writing reviews. These are all the books I read, with my thoughts about them. Many of these are posted on Amazon; if you like these, go there and vote for them, okay? I'm trying to climb the book reviewer ladder. Saturday, August 1, 2009. Reading for July - and the Switch. 33 Jim Butcher: Fool Moon. 34 Christopher Moore: Fool. 35 Daniel Wallace: Friends Like These. 36 Kim Harrison: For a Few Demons More. Started A Friend of the Earth. And then ran from the room.
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The Shelf and The Vine: July 2010
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The Shelf and The Vine. I read a lot. I like writing reviews. These are all the books I read, with my thoughts about them. Many of these are posted on Amazon; if you like these, go there and vote for them, okay? I'm trying to climb the book reviewer ladder. Thursday, July 22, 2010. Some of these were so good, they made the others look like puke on a page. By Spencer Quinn 7/9 (Woot! It was a very nice book, and well done. I plan to read the next one. Under the Jolly Roger. By LA Meyer 7/12. The main insi...
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The Shelf and The Vine: May 2010
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The Shelf and The Vine. I read a lot. I like writing reviews. These are all the books I read, with my thoughts about them. Many of these are posted on Amazon; if you like these, go there and vote for them, okay? I'm trying to climb the book reviewer ladder. Saturday, May 22, 2010. Corn, Dresden, and BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! By Michael Pollan 5/13. Great book. Everyone should read. Oh, and read about how much I hate corn. By Jim Butcher 5/15. I can't go on without reading Harry Dresden! By Jim Butcher 5/18.
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where the red pen bleeds: A bushel of lemons or a pound of flesh?
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Where the red pen bleeds. Monday, June 14, 2010. A bushel of lemons or a pound of flesh? Tonight marked yet another negotiations session with the district. But as I write that phrase, it seems an ill fit to what actually happened at the table tonight. Negotiations implies a certain give and take, a back and forth, a collaborative effort to reach agreement. Maybe what it actually was could be labeled instead as formalized begging. In my mind, it sounds a little more like this:. We can volunteer to take a ...
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where the red pen bleeds: March 2011
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Where the red pen bleeds. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. In my quest to try and develop an appreciation for new vegetables, today I made a dish featuring parsnips AND leeks (two brand-new veggies for me). This Parsnip and Carrot Soup was meant to be a lunch-time dish for my friends, but after checking for doneness, it was apparent that the soup was going to take a little longer than I had anticipated. So lunch became dinner. If you haven't tried leeks or parsnips, this is a tasty way to try them. 1/2 tsp fresh...
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where the red pen bleeds: Tapping my inner BIG MEAN GIRL
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Where the red pen bleeds. Monday, May 3, 2010. Tapping my inner BIG MEAN GIRL. And I suppose on many levels, what he says it true, and speaks a great deal about those of us in the great teaching profession. I don't know a single teacher who would say that the learning of their students pales in comparison to their delivery of an articulate lecture or the sheer genius of their lesson planning. By and large, we are there for the students. But who, I wondered, is truly there for us? Because I really feel li...
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where the red pen bleeds: April 2010
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Where the red pen bleeds. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Sunflowers, worms, and other (potentially) dead things. I gasped in horror at the window ledge. Oh, god, not the sunflowers. I had checked on them Monday night as I worked on the dishes. At that time there were three perky sprouts bobbing happily in the kitchen window. And then disaster struck Tuesday morning. As I stood back from my close inspection, I realized what it meant. We'd forgotten to water the seeds. WE HAD KILLED LILLY'S PLANTS! Despite loo...
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where the red pen bleeds: Retched Rabe
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Where the red pen bleeds. Sunday, March 20, 2011. Saturday marked the beginning of farmer's market season in Portland. And like hundreds of other people in the Portland metropolitan area, I took advantage of the nice weather and ventured out to the Portland Farmer's Market on the Portland State campus. The innocent looking Rigatoni with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe moments before consumption. Oh, so WRONG! I exclaimed as I put down my fork. I looked at my husband, who was taking care of our two-month-ol...
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where the red pen bleeds: Food Paralysis
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Where the red pen bleeds. Sunday, May 9, 2010. I've never been afraid of food. As a little girl, I was every mother's dream (my mom, however, may beg to differ) and ate most everything you put on my plate. Fruits. Veggies. Meat. You name it, I probably ate it. At least, that's what I remember. So, on October 26, 2009, I joined Weight Watchers. And began my own personal food revolution. What, exactly, did this "revolution" entail? I watched Food, Inc. Can you please pass the Windex? Both of which is highl...
