Writer, Reader, Photographer, Herder of Cats, Collector of Dusty/Old Things.
Okay, so I'm being overly dramatic this morning. I mean, I am dying. We're all dying. It's just that I don't usually think about it: the when, and how, and where, and whys of it. But I started to read Thomas Lynch's book, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, last night. (The Kindle edition was on sale… Continue reading I’m dying.
I planted 190 tulip and hyacinth bulbs this morning for an elderly friend and all I could think about was Amy Stewart's book The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. (This is what comes of reading WAY too many books!) I must have seen FIVE earthworms for every bulb I planted. Multiply that figure by 190 and… Continue reading The Earth Moved…
I must be having a themed weekend. I'm listening to An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer, sipping my morning coffee, and feeling slightly stalkerish because I'm enjoying their work so very much. Lovely artists! Great set of CDs!! Here's a video of them from their tour, in case you're feeling slightly stalkerish, too. https://youtu.be/rzjkb3MV2_o… Continue reading Waving Hi to Neil and Amanda!
JULI HOFFMAN 