Firewood

The firewood was always freshly stacked in its brass bin by the fireplace in the den each winter afternoon. When I was little, I would try to carve this wood with the blade of the letter opener that sat with its matching pair of scissors and note pad by the telephone in the bar. This Continue reading Firewood

Thousand Autumns

Book club is tonight — I actually believe that I have not been to book club since A. S. Byatt‘s Possession was the topic, and that was right after it was published. 1990. Tonight’s subject: David Mitchell‘s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I am halfway through — had chosen to read it before Continue reading Thousand Autumns

Bugs!

Just saw something scurry across the kitchen floor. Then I discovered in me a fear of bugs. Of course, the little beasts had to wait until AFTER the pest control guy visited.