Archive for April, 2009
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
I’m reading at Newtonville Books in Newton, MA
Lately I’ve been editing the final version of my new novel, which is going to be called The Stuff That Never Happened, and I’ve kind of lost touch with Kissing Games of the World.
It’s a little like tending to a new baby while your toddler plays in the sandbox and doesn’t need so much attention.
So [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Kissing Games of the World, books, reading in public by sandi
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I can no longer be quiet about green smoothies
Believe me, I’ve tried not to talk about this.
But for the past month or so, I’ve been drinking a green smoothie every day…and I have become somewhat addicted, I’m afraid. I hate talking about it because–well, I’m all too aware that people (and by people, I mean family members) are rolling their eyes at me. [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in cooking, fun, green smoothies, weight by sandi
Friday, April 10th, 2009
So what’s so great about people dancing in a train station?
That video of 200 people in Belgium suddenly breaking out in a dance to “Do-Re-Mi” is popping up everywhere–and with it, the question of what it all means and why anybody should care.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s really an astonishing four minutes in the Antwerp train station when Julie Andrews’s clear, high voice [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in fun, momentous events, video by sandi
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Joy in Antwerp, ice and taxes in Connecticut
Well, we’re STILL awaiting spring here in the Northeast, still being teased by the fact that it’s April and yet ridiculously colder than it has any right to be.
Today, driving to the library, I saw little ICE crystals bouncing out of the sky onto my windshield. I wanted to close my eyes so I wouldn’t [...]
