Valya | September 22, 2009
Kevin’s Between the Lines Blog continues to impress me. This week there is an evocative interview with the lovely trillian_stars: This from the site: We should not be able to say of a man, “He is a mathematician,” or “a preacher,” or “eloquent”; but that he is “a gentleman.” —Pascal I’m tempted to say of [...]
Valya | September 13, 2009
Kevin Neilson turned me onto John Crowley’s novel Little, Big earlier this year, and I loved it. For those unfamiliar, Little, Big is a literary feast of the finest craftsmanship: full of families, fairies, secrets, love, loss, and magic. It’s an epic tale that spans generations, and though its movement may be a bit slow, [...]
Valya | September 13, 2009
Kevin Neilson turned me onto John Crowley’s novel Little, Big earlier this year, and I loved it. For those unfamiliar, Little, Big is a literary feast of the finest craftsmanship: full of families, fairies, secrets, love, loss, and magic. It’s an epic tale that spans generations, and though its movement may be a bit slow, it is [...]
Valya | September 7, 2009
September is here, and summer is ending in the northern hemisphere. I’m not sad to see it go, being a lover of Autumn and all that comes with the falling leaves and breezes whispering winter psalms. It’s the perfect time to gather with friends over mugs to share stories and laughter and quiet moments of [...]
Valya | September 7, 2009
September is here, and summer is ending in the northern hemisphere. I’m not sad to see it go, being a lover of Autumn and all that comes with the falling leaves and breezes whispering winter psalms. It’s the perfect time to gather with friends over mugs to share stories and laughter and quiet moments of [...]
Valya | September 6, 2009
pass time,open doors,shift paradigms,introduce unforgettable characters,temporarily chase away stress and sadness,hold the imaginations of three small children during a long car ride to and from school. For the last two weeks, mornings have been a bit brutal–waking the kids at 6 to leave at 7 and arrive sometime before 8 (when school begins). It’s a [...]
Valya | September 6, 2009
pass time, open doors, shift paradigms, introduce unforgettable characters, temporarily chase away stress and sadness, hold the imaginations of three small children during a long car ride to and from school. For the last two weeks, mornings have been a bit brutal—waking the kids at 6 to leave at 7 and arrive sometime before 8 [...]
