Day 2. The excitement builds.

That might be slightly overstating it, but at least I’m keeping busy: Talking and texting to family Working on three different work contracts Doing an exercise class in the morning (just jumping around, TBH)...

Going viral

Day One. The confinement begins. I find myself oddly… calm. Is this the storied one that comes before the storm? Anxiety is weird. I am a worrier, with more than my share of scary...

It’s the Holidays!

Well, it was the holidays – I am just a teeny bit late. Our holiday began with the ugliest cinnamon bread ever. I brought Special Ingredients and Arcane Baking Equipment from the U.S. with...

Fiction: it’s a dead heat

You’ve seen my non-fiction reviews, now it’s time for some fic-fic-fiction! Reading waaaaay too much this year: check out these heinous reading glasses! Probably from reading on screens. Anyway… High points Two books are...

Visit to Tunis!

A heartily documented trip to some of the most beautiful sites in and around Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. Not to be missed!

Reading myself into something new

Five brief book reviews from among some non-fiction I've read in 2019. In honor of my dad's great book reviews and of the bliss of reading yourself into new worlds.