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Sunday Salon: Origami Bookmarks
Last Thursday, the BTT theme was bookmarks. I missed it, due to teaching full time and not wanting to post during Spelling, but the theme was one which greatly interests me. I love bookmarks. I collect them from my travels, such as the 20 French fra...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
(photograph by Oli Kristjan) Title: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Author: Haruki Murakami Published: 1997 Number of pages: 607 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Japan’s most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fic...
What’s In A Name 3 Challenge
Beth Fish Reads is hosting the third What’s in a Name 3 Challenge which takes place between January 1st and December 31st, 2010. The requirements are to read one book in each of the several categories. Below are the themes followed by my choice t...
Persphone Secret Santa Revealed
How lovely it was to arrive home today and find the gift from my Persephone Secret Santa waiting in the mailbox. Included was a Hello Kitty! Christmas card (I love Japanese things!) as well as the beautiful wreath ornament you see on top of the cove...
Advent Blog Tour: It’s All About The Orange. Sort Of.
(photo by MyUtopian) My grandfather lived in Holland for as long as I can remember, and when he came to visit us in the States he would always bring us Dutch chocolate. There would be Droste pastilles, bittersweet and milk sharing sides of the same ...
JLC3 Prize For November: Reach Out And Touch Someone
Do you remember that old ad? To “reach out and touch someone”? (Hey, I remember Illinois Bell, so don’t get me started on phone memories!) Now the ad should read, “Reach out and text someone” because my son wouldn’...

