Category — Book links

How did Book Group go last week? Check out my synopsis!

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ok, enough of that.

Concert last night was vaaandervuuuul! I had only really heard some of the upbeat songs from Feist, but last night she plays a looong set (none of the 3,000 fans complained about that!) and some really incredibly smooth, soulful stuff filled the room. Hubby and I really enjoyed her artistic, random, quirky performances- I’m hoping to get some of her cd’s in my stocking this year!

On another note,

The Imago Book Group is doing Atonement this month. I’m finding the diversion from The Year of Magical Thinking, (my early Fall book- and a non-fiction grief themed book at that), a nice relief!

Check out this paragraph. I love books. Writers are so cool.

“Was being Cecilia just as vivid an affair as being Briony? Did her sister also have a real self concealed behind a breaking wave, and did she spend time thinking about it, with a finger held up to her face? Did everybody, including her father, Betty, Hardman? If the answer was yes, the the world, the social world, was unbearably complicated, with two billion voices, and everyone’s claim on life as intense, and everyone thinking they were unique, when no one was. One could drown in irrelevance. But if the answer was no, then Briony was surrounded by machines, intelligent and pleasant enough on the outside, but lacking the bright and private inside feeling she had. This was sinister and lonely, as well as unlikely. For, though it offended her sense of order, she knew it was overwhelmingly probable that everyone else had thoughts like hers. She knew this, but only in a rather arid way; she didn’t really feel it.”

The movie Atonement comes out shortly after book club meets, which is nice. I wish I could squeeze in Love in the Time of Cholera before I’m tempted to see the new movie of it, but that probably isn’t realistic with my schedule!

Is niceness a word? Well, I’m making it up if it’s not. That’s the feelin’ I’m getting today from The Mommy Spot, where Diane has honored me and others with a few mommy bloggy awards. What did I win? Scream Free Parenting! (My downstairs neighbors are wondering, …HOW did she know?) …That Google Earth must be gettin good!

So after a night of 3 hours of sleep (work) and a stuff up nose (lowered immune system) I stumbling onto the computer- in my green painting paints and bright pink, over-sized Victoria Secrets flannel pj top, freezing in a 50 degree house, hair all a mess, eyes blood shot, back in knots, and so on- only to find the niceness of another blog mom part the clouds! (I could’ve won a “virtual” award/statue and my level of elation would only be slightly lower, just slightly.)

So THANKS for the book Diane! And for saying you like my blog… shucks… I like yours too… recipes, herbs, recalls-girl, look at you!

Well, its been a week since I wrote last- crazy huh? Even Hubby had gotten used to checking in on me here, and has been wondering what the heck is wrong with me- no new content day after day!

I’ve been workin and such lately- oh and finished that book. In the end I really liked it still, so I’ll share that it was As If Love Were Enough. Now I’m reading The Year of Magical Thinking, (Joan Didion) and am enjoying that to, although very differently.

Hubby and I finally got out on a date night last night- we saw Broken English at Living Room Theaters (LOVE that place- and they make a mean Spanish Coffee Cocktail too!) then we meandered around the Pearl and found our way into a little cocktail lounge called District. We liked the atmosphere and in all had a great evening, ending it in a nice bubble bath in our claw foot tub (kept meaning to try that but haven’t gotten around to it yet). Well, that’s not exactly where we ended the evening but that’s going beyond pg-13 at that point. (TMI? Hey, you’re at Mama Need Java, what do you expect?!)

I’ve got some pics to upload one of these days, but my laptop is not reading my digital card. I think its due to the vista OS, but I’m not sure. Sometimes the drives aren’t recognized, built in webcam won’t work, things like that.

Well, potato leek soup is simmerin on the stove and Hubby has another evening off, so I’m going to get to dinner and write more later in the week. Just wanted to make sure it was clear that I didn’t drop of the face of the earth!

I’ve recently begun talking more with a sister-in-law I had not really known until now, and of course the religion topic comes up and I’m really enjoying our discussion (Hi, Kelly!)- but it reminded me of how much I really liked a book I read last year and I don’t think I ever quite shared it with my blog readers, though it was a very important book to me after all was said and done. I even wonder if I’d have been attracted to Portland if I hadn’t read it. (And NO, its NOT Blue Like Jazz!)

So I just wanted to share this link and let it take you where it does. The writer is who the title of this post refers to.