Do something for your brain this week: come hear us speak in Richmond. Free, no registration, spread the word! http://tinyurl.com/2dt78bu # Writing about Genoa this morning. # Gearing up for [...]
DS18 has arrived in Sydney from Guangzhou. Feel enormously relieved. # First week of June! Taking the week off from writing, giving the kids off from school. # Will be talking (briefly) about the [...]
So one of the fine members of The Well-Trained Mind message boards actually CONSULTED the “Works Cited” in the History of the Ancient World. One of my previous books (The [...]
Burgers stuffed w/havarti & goat cheese, homemade rolls, good wine, Lost finale. If only I'd WATCHED Lost, I'd be able to follow this. # Heading to NYC this afternoon for BookExpo; [...]
Excited about the rain. Less exciting that it's coming down on the day we were going hiking for dh's birthday. # Getting ready to see Robin Hood with dh. HOPING for movie home run. # On [...]
Time for me to embarrass my oldest son by telling him how wonderful he is. Final decision has been made–he’ll be attending the University of Virginia this fall. (Hurrah! Within [...]
Looking at spiral and barred spiral galaxies in the backyard observatory with my father and @davidbryan. Clear, cool, real. # Just spent tedious half hour untangling large blacksnake from [...]
Kids are in the pool. It feels like glacial runoff in there, but they don't seem to mind. # Would be posting more status updates if anything even slightly interesting were happening here. # [...]
Don't look now, but I might actually get out of Chicago this morning. # Hello, house! I'll say this for being stranded: it makes being home & doing laundry positively JOYFUL [...]
DS18 is in China. At wrong airport, unfortunately. # DS18 has arrived safely in Nanchang. Whew. # Trying to get service at Verizon store. Will never get these hours of my life back. # Dear [...]
