Monthly Archives: November 2006

BikeProf and Litlove have been making some incredibly brilliant observations about the meaning of suffering. Please check out their posts. *** From the epilogue to Lives of Girls and Women, Alice Munro: “People’s lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, … Continue reading →

Geez, a couple of crappy weeks for the old Kitten here. I figured out an analogy for my “fall blues” that sort of explains what I go through: Picture yourself driving to work and back every day. No problem. Some … Continue reading →

I’m just having a run of bad luck…lots of irritations…nothing major but getting me down. I won’t get into too much detail but over my much-needed week off 1) my new computer arrived four days late, after waiting many hours … Continue reading →

I am salivating like a puppy waiting for a new bone: Next week I am on vacation. Actually, vacation is too strong of a word: Recuperative Time more accurately describes it. Activities will consist mainly of reading, reorganizing bookshelves and … Continue reading →

From The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (thanks, Jean!): When I was a little kid in Oregon I didn’t feel that I was an American at all, with all that suburban ideal and sex repression and general dreary newspaper gray … Continue reading →

This is a meme from Kate at Kate’s Book Blog: 1. How old were you when you learned to read and who taught you? To tell you the truth, I don’t remember. I do know it was before kindergarten. My … Continue reading →

Litlove devised a new meme, which saves me from having to devise anything on this Monday, the beginning of the last week before a vacation. This was tough for me, but overall, a very good reflection as we near the … Continue reading →

From Jack Kerouac, Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954: Another thought that helps a writer as he works along–let him write his novel “the way he’d like to see a novel written.” This helps a great deal freeing … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON Nov 2, 2006 (AP)— President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members … Continue reading →

I’ve been catching up a bit on my backlogged blog reading, and have discovered a disturbing trend: Lots of us seem to be sick or suffering financial/career setbacks, witnessing a loved one’s illness, or otherwise getting trounced on by the … Continue reading →