Yes, I know – this book was published in 2007 and was reviewed all over the place then. But I only read it last week. True story of an American hairdresser who opened a beauty school in Kabul, to teach Afghan women a skill they could use to better their lives. The book was mildly…
Did anyone say that we have to blog about things we actually do? No? Good, so I can blog about things I might like to do someday. And I can embellish the post with semi-relevant links that you can waste your time following. After all, I have wasted quite a bit of time finding and linking them…
This is a book I didn’t know anything about when I picked it up at the library – it is worth reading. I’ve since learned that the author is one of China’s best and boldest novelists. I’ll have to look for some of his other books. The basic story is about village where many are dying…
For 100 years, my family gossiped about the identity of my great-great-grandfather. Presumably he was named Charles Waddell, since those two names were given to the child who took his mother’s surname (B) when he was born in 1860. According to lore, the erstwhile father was an officer in the military, based at Windsor Castle where the…
Warning: If you don’t like diets or iPhones, STOP NOW. Don’t read any further. Since my iPhone is pretty much my best friend, I decided to look for a diet and exercise app we could do together. I found a free app, LOSE-IT! http://www.loseit.com/ . When I entered some vital stats and set a goal of 5 pounds over 5 weeks,…
Here is quite a funny piece about the follow-up to a speeding ticket in Britain.
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First thing yesterday morning, Mom called me to say that during the night, someone had thrown a rock through her living room window. I called the building manager, who called the window-repair guy, who called Mom back to set a time to fix it. J and I headed over to assist with the clean-up. Mom had…
Seeing Clarely 