The Black Sheep Dances

Bill Bryson must be one of the best people you could travel with:  easily amused, witty, with a curiousity that makes him seek out the world...

Today was the kind to make up for lots of bad days throughout the year.  It was gorgeous and peaceful and clean.  For one thing, the light h...

National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day! photo by Lilypink123 on Flickr....lovely mustang! Read about the BLM's disasterous poli...

Another Cloud Reel... from Delrious on Vimeo .

Milk train arriving in New Delhi Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/ Getty Images / September 24, 2009

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www.interviewproject.davidlynch.com This is a journey through the US with 4 1/2 minute interviews with random people about their lives: the...

Just for today, I have some requests: I don't want to discuss the economic theory of George Soros vs. William Buffett or whether Steve J...

SMALL MOTH She's slicing ripe white peaches into the Tony the Tiger bowl and dropping slivers for the dog poised vibrating by her foot t...

Whine time! I've tried not to complain, but some things are getting to me! Netflix: Hate it. The pressure! You have to pick a title, th...

I loved the book Mystic River , so much so I reread it once I finished it. I refused to see the movie because I didn't want to be disap...

Okay, so my 2 1/2 year old adores stories. I have books and music for him at bedtime, but lately he wants to hear me tell stories rather tha...

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” – Robert Hei...

“ Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new ...

Sherman Alexie makes you laugh out loud. Then think. On The Colbert Report he had Stephen Colbert speechless with a joke about smallpox bla...

Fool's Errands A thing cannot be delivered enough times: this is the rule of dogs for whom there are no fool's errands. To loop out...

I almost missed the treasure of The Year of Fog , simply because the wording on the book cover made it look like the sibling of every other ...

Forgive me if I am missing author names... These are some favorites that we can't seem to get enough of, ages 2-4 mostly. Caterpillar Pi...

The Book Room! Love it!

I watched my first episode last night. Having heard non-stop positive chatter about it, I had to see what all the fuss was. I don't ge...

It's cold and overcast. The boys are all in their pajamas/sweats, laying on the couches watching Star Wars (for the 1902929th time) wit...

I just finished this epic novel last night. Beyond amazing. Hamsun's work is so simple and straightforward, but then it reveals these ...