Crocuses are sneaking up

Never mind the snow, the ice, and especially not the cold. Crocuses and snowdrops are quietly poking up from the ground. Quick, take a look before the snow covers them again!

Book-reading housekeeping revisited

Apparently baking bread is so simple, I cannot count.

Passable Bread

Why are the simplest things hardest to do?

Tilty Orchid

The orchid is not dead yet. It feels fine. It thinks it might go for a walk.

Re: The Long Thaw

The Long Thaw, by David Archer promises to give a long view on how global warming could affect global climate, not just in our lifetimes but as far as we can imagine. For that view, the book looks to the geological past. The periods to look at may be the Cretaceous, when the sea levels […]

Re: Pelos

We just can’t resist bringing the gods down to earth this days. For example, in “Pelos” by Aaron Bilodeau, a goofy young god comes on a little strong to a savvy modern girl. That shower of gold thing just doesn’t work anymore, you know? Times have changed.

Re: Skin Folk

Once upon a time, I read In The New Moon’s Arms , and I liked it so much, I decided to track down more Nalo Hopkinson. I found what I was looking for in her short story collection, Skin Folk. Magic and folk tale elements turn up in many of the stories. The stories are […]

Orchid fail?

This does not look good.

Book-reading housekeeping

Now that a 2010 release has caught my interest, it’s time to clean up my reading lists for years past. It’s also time to get real about what I’m not going to read. In 2009, I tried to be more careful about adding books to the reading list, but I still didn’t read them all. […]

Smiley Bread

There seems to be no end to the wacky shapes my bread takes. This loaf I realized too late was too long to fit on the baking stone, so I bent it. Now it looks like it’s auditioning for an American Express commercial. Enjoy.