Bookshelf: September 2011
October 2nd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Purchased*
Houdini, Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
White Fang & The Call of the Wild, Jack London
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L’Engle
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon
Intelligent Life in the Universe, I.S. Shklovskii & Carl Sagan
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Don’t hate––I’ll explain later.)
Drift and Swerve, Samuel Ligon
Started
Drift and Swerve, Samuel Ligon
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami
Finished
Houdini, Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi
Anyone could do what I have done––it’s all a matter of the proper application of one’s will.
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
But before I can shape the vowels I wake up. My face is wet, and that’s how you know it’s never going to come true.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut
His voice was sweet, vastly paternal––as humane as the lowest note of a cello.
Periodicals
The Inlander, weekly
*Value Village is a great place to pick up used books!
Bookshelf: August 2011
September 3rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Purchased
Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut (birthday gift from my sister!)
Started
Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky
Finished
Bonk, Mary Roach
Chapter Two:
Dating the Penis-Camera: Can a Woman Find Happiness with a Machine?
The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde
Memorable line:
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven
On comparing religions:
“Yet they began in the same way, as we began.”
“With the myths, Caleb?”
“Yes.”
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith
I have two pages in my journal full of quotes from this book. I think Smith may be my favorite contemporary thinker. I kind of have an intellectual girl crush on her. Here’s just one quote I wrote down:
Acts of love, because they are unattached to the world of commodities, are radical propositions.
Periodicals
The Inlander, weekly
VegNews, October 2011 (Food Issue)
Help Me Reach My Goal!
August 22nd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
I’m honored to have been nominated as one of Spokane’s Finest Young Professionals, a campaign hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Spokane Chapter. My friend, Geneva nominated me and is a nominee herself. In accepting the nomination, I have committed myself to raising $2,500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation by November 18th, 2011.
Cystic fibrosis is a devastating genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. More than ten million Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene. Advances continue to be made in finding a cure, but your help is needed now––more than ever––to help keep up the momentum of this life-saving research.
When the Foundation began in 1955, most children with CF did not live to see their first day of elementary school. Today, the median predicted age of survival for a person with CF is in the mid-30s. This is remarkable progress, but not good enough. We continue to lose precious lives to CF every day. To learn more about CF and the CF Foundation, visit www.cff.org.
Please help me reach my goal by making a donation today.
Bookshelf: July 2011
August 1st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Purchased
Bonk, Mary Roach
The Believer, July/August 2011 (music issue!!!)
The People’s Almanac, David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace
Started
Bonk, Mary Roach
I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven
Finished
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Memorable line:
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Worst analogy ever:
Women and girls cloistered in huts, uneducated, unemployed, and unable to contribute significantly to the world represent a vast seam of human gold that is never mined.
Periodicals
VegNews, August 2011
The Believer, July/August 2011
The Inlander, weekly
Bookshelf
August 1st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
I’ve decided to start keeping track of what I read and books I purchase on a monthly basis and share it here. It’s inspired by Nick Hornby’s regular feature, “Stuff I’ve Been Reading” in The Believer. I hope you enjoy taking a peek at my virtual bookshelf!
Branching Out
May 30th, 2011 § 2 Comments
I went for a walk along the creek today and found this beautiful branch. I removed the bark and brought it home with me––it was just the branch I had been looking for to hang above my bed. At home I wrapped the branch in embroidery floss in a couple of places and then draped a line of colorful magazine cut-outs over it. I had been looking for something to hang above my bed for a while now and I think this was the perfect quick solution.
Breakfast Sandwich
April 3rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
My friend was lamenting the loss of a local eatery yesterday because she really liked a breakfast sandwich they served. I never tried the breakfast item (it wasn’t vegan), but it sounded really good and I knew I could veganize it. So with the sunshine streaming through my windows and Save the Moon streaming through my laptop this morning, I made breakfast. And it was good.
You’ll need:
(Use organic when possible.)
avocado, tomato, herb & garlic tofu, fresh spinach, whole grain bread, balsamic vinegar
Method:
Dry fry 1/2 inch slabs of tofu until golden on both sides. Slice tomato and avocado. Make toast. Toss spinach with balsamic. Assemble all ingredients.
