State of Wonder by Ann Patchett is summarized by Amazon.com: “Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have all but disappeared in the Amazon while working on what is destined to be an extremely valuable […]
I will often write the kids’ chores on a white board when I will be away and want them to accomplish certain tasks. I wrote on Son’s side of the board: vacuum stairs prepare chard for dehydrator make bisquits bring in trash cans swiffer kitchen Note: this was a long list because of carry over
I love Disneyland. I was brainwashed at a very early age. Growing up in Southern California, Disneyland was a yearly event with Girl Scouts, friends, school. I’ve seen the meaning of e-ticket morph from meaning entry onto the exciting rides at Disneyland to meaning something you download from the internet. Son had the opportunity to
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. I remember when it was made into a TV mini-series when I was in high school. It wasn’t anything I was interested in at the time. Then it was made into a movie last year staring Gary Oldman as the
Eight years of vomiting blood, misdiagnoses of Sarcoidosis and Lupus. And it all comes down to this. I liked House, M.D. for the mystery, for the brilliance of the character, for the witty banter. Gregory House is a tortured soul, a bully with flexible ethics. So why did I like him so much and make House
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