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As a four time cancer survivor, Rubys supports the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.

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  • The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

    Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 19:01 in books, book review, joan didion

    I read an excerpt of this book some time ago in a magazine but can't remember which magazine. The excerpt was compelling and heart wrenching. I just finished the book and without giving everything away Joan Didion has chronicled the months following...

  • Reading...

    Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 20:41 in books, book review

    Unfortunately, I have abandoned both Dreaming in Hindi and Same Kind of Different as Me and not because they were terrible but they just couldn't hold my attention. I will likely revisit Dreaming in Hindi in the winter when there aren't as many dist...

  • The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

    Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 08:33 in books, book review

    This 507 page tomb, The 19th Wife, is compelling, interesting, and well written. It is a work of historical fiction (which I love), two stories told simultaneously, Ann Eliza from the late 1800's, bucks the polygamous life she was born into after mar...

  • Home Safe...A Review

    Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 19:36 in books, book review

    I just finished Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg, this was the first time I have read anything by Berg and I enjoyed the story. It was well written and kept my attention. It's a story about love and loss and the bonds between a mother and daughter, good a...

  • Destruction!

    Posted on Wednesday November 26th, 2008 at 10:13 in books, ruby, tucker

    Heartbreaking....that's what these images show, for me, anyway. As you may remember our new little puppy from last year (see below posts) is now 1 year old. It was raining cats & dogs yesterday (no pun intended). I was working on my journals (see...