I’m Baa-aack!

Okay, so I know I’ve been away for a while, but I have been thinking about you (I’m talking to the blog.). For a while there, though, there just seemed to be so much going on that I hadn’t the energy to blog. I’m even debating now whether to recount any of it. It makes [...]

Just Finished Eat, Pray, Love

There are some books that just touch you. For me, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love did just that. Admittedly, it’s not a book for everyone. “One Woman’s Search for Everything” may not appeal to someone looking for a quick read on a flight to Houston. It’s engaging, though, and brutally honest. I do feel like [...]

Homeward Bound

So I’ve started reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. I watched a talk Ms. Gilbert gave over on TED about genius, how genius was once thought to reside outside of us, not in us. It was quite a compelling talk. Ms. Gilbert was making the case for a return to that way of thinking about [...]

Animals Make Us Human

The New York Times has a great review of Temple Grandin’s new book, Animals Make Us Human. They’ve also reproduced an excerpt, which, if you haven’t read any of Ms. Grandin’s books by now, is a nice introduction to her work. On a side note, I got an email yesterday from my undergraduate university which [...]

Oh my, okay, um…

I suppose it’s a good thing that knitters, crocheters, and all-around crafters like to read, but, man, do they come up with some challenges!!!! In looking for some good patterns to knit for boys (read: men) I came across the wonderful Blueprint pattern by Robyn Chacula in Son of Stitch’N bitch: 45 projects to Knit [...]

We’re Fishes

I just finished reading this great interview with Temple Grandin, author of the new book, Animals Make Us Human. Ms. Grandin has a Ph.D. in Animal Science, and, though autistic, designs livestock equipment, writes books, and lectures all over the world. Stuart and I saw her here at a lecture hosted by the Mind Science [...]