Tag: Reading
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books are not on strike
Michael Erard: Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean Luis Alberto Urrea: The Hummingbird’s Daughter recently tore through: Steve Almond: Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Elizabeth Berg: The Art of Mending
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books are not on strike
My latest sew-sew-sew projects are from Every Day something-something-Japanese. Making a blouse from a Japanese pattern resulted in two things: I felt extremely proud of myself when I created something that looked similar to the picture, seeing as how the directions are in Japanese. And two: it ended up being too small for my American…
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there are books all over this place.
Tom Perrotta: The Abstinence Teacher Jenny Lee: I Do. I Did. Now What?!: Life After the Wedding Dress Richard M. Koff: Christopher and His Magic Powers (Found after years of searching by the fantastic fans of Tomato Nation.) Ziggy Hanaor: Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book Amy Karol: Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a…
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reading right now:
Doug Hill, Jeff Weingrad: Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live. Lauren gave this to me as a thank you after I did an interview with her for a college assignment last spring. I’m tearing through it. The fact that I haven’t heard from Lauren since June means that either I caused her…