We are lucky enough to have a little cabin on Pender Island, one of BC’s Southern Gulf Islands. Especially lucky because on said island is the fabulous, volunteer-run store called “Nu to Yu.” It sells exactly what their phonetically named place suggests: Used items, donated by people in the community, that for the purchaser will […]
Rediscovering “Harriet the Spy”
One of the great pleasures of visiting Pender Island is going to the Nu to Yu store (yes, it’s spelled like that), which is full of islanders’ used clothing, books, games, kitchen ware and furniture, and which can be yours for a pittance. All the money they earn goes back into the community – it […]
My Deep and Abiding Love for David Sedaris
I love David Sedaris. Let me rephrase that: I love David Sedaris’s writing (actually I think I would love the man, too. He’d be first on my list of “if you could invite any five people, dead or alive, for dinner, who would they be.” And Hugh, his boyfriend, would of course be invited too). […]
Summer Reading
So, somehow I’ve added a ridiculous widget (my word, I’m sure it’s the wrong word) that appears at the bottom of my posts asking if you “like” or think it’s “cool.” How embarrassing. But not as embarrassing as the fact that I can’t figure out how to remove it. If any of my TWENTY FOLLOWERS […]
Bad, Bad Blogger!
It’s confirmed. I’m a bad blogger. I have not blogged in over a month. For the last week I’ve been standing in a corner with a dunce cap on as self-inflicted punishment. So I don’t have much to report from the book world, except to say that “Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom” is […]