Short Stories
I have never read Kate Atkinson or George Saunders and thought I should, so I put library holds for Kindle versions of whatever books were first available so I'd have something to read on my […]
Distractions
In Her Shoes
How do you like my Famolares? I’ve bought four pairs of shoes (these used, these, these and these new–weird I never used to wear brown shoes) since Easter because apparently that’s what I do when […]
Danishes
I've come to the conclusion that my best photos are the speckley, washed out temp IDs. I also have both a BJ's and a Costco card somewhere with the similar effect. Always more flattering than […]
Required Reading
The new library. Well, I'm in-between libraries, geographically. I had a book sent to Leonard (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, which is certain to be uplifting) which I picked up today, and Speedboat, which […]
Realizations of the Day
The brown subway line is so much more pleasant 2013 vs 1998. Now I only travel one stop from Manhattan compared to 12 and the beauty of an outdoor train is that you can use […]
Baby Belugas
Sometimes I think I understand or should understand a topic and then the more I think about it the more I get stumped and wonder if I've actually done damage to brain cells over the […]
The Avocados, Golds and Rusts of the 2010s
Thinking about what 2013 style is (I still don't know) but I do know what screams 2012 and I'm buying all sorts of versions of it for my new apartment (which comes with an expiration […]
Cracking the Jeanetic Code
Rumors was more the soundtrack to my childhood, but my ears certainly perked up as "Tusk" appeared at the beginning and end of this week's The Americans pilot, a show I didn't even know I […]
Freak in the Sheets
When I was making very big life decisions last week about whether to buy new physical books to make my shelves more contemporary and self-representative and worldly, stay streamlined and to myself with Kindle downloads […]
Frozen in Time
So many non-problems. My bookshelf is a snapshot of the '90s because I used to buy books, mostly used, in the '90s, and quite often. And now when I read books, occasionally, I either use […]