Monthly Archives: December 2011
Etsy Find Fridays: Spot of tea for you?
We have a really awesome water cooler at work. Maybe you do, too, which means we both work for stellar employers. Because this baby? The literal water cooler around which we often perch, chatting and quenching our thirst? It has … Continue reading
Filed under Anglophilia, Etsy find Fridays
Book review: ‘Mennonite In A Little Black Dress’ by Rhoda Janzen
Broken from the sequence of an ugly divorce and a devastating car accident, Rhoda Janzen finds herself facing a harsh new reality in her forties. Long distanced from her conservative Mennonite family in California but still close to her sympathetic but … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
When blurry photos can be a good thing
At some point in my adventures as a beginning photographer, I got completely obsessed with bokeh. Defined as “the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of an image,” the Japanese term basically means . . . little circles … Continue reading
Filed under photography
Book review: ‘The Bungalow’ by Sarah Jio
When her best friend announces she’s leaving to volunteer as a nurse in the heart of World War II, Anne Calloway doesn’t hesitate to join her. No matter that Anne is young and nearing her own wedding to a caring … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘Nice To Come Home To’ by Rebecca Flowers
It’s hard to sum up a book like Nice To Come Home To. I feel the snarky coming out, but . . . Rebecca Flowers’ novel about a 30-something realizing her life has gone awry isn’t terribly original. I mean, … Continue reading
Filed under 2-star reads, book reviews
