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loucindy

loucindy posted Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield | Nov 19, 2009

I would never have picked this one up on my own. My book club chose it. After my initial resistance, I became absorbed in the story. If you have an appreciation for Gothic literature, you'll probably really enjoy this one. The characters, while somewhat two-dimensional, are still fascinating in...

Cre8tivewmn

Cre8tivewmn posted What comes around... | Nov 26, 2009

My mother called me last night to wish me a happy Thanksgiving. She's been calling a lot more often lately. When I asked her how she was she said "fine," but it wasn't very convincing. When I told her that she didn't sound fine she said "I understand now what you kids went through with your father."...

LG

LG posted A small slice | Oct 31, 2009

Occasionally I have too much on my mind, or I simply can't sleep. At times like that, I try to direct my mind to something mundane, but detailed to relax my brain. Last night I was thinking of my childhood bedroom. I was raised (next door and my mother still lives there) in an old cobblestone...

Good Food on KCRW

Good Food on KCRW posted A DEATH IN THE FAMILY – GOURMET MAGAZINE | Oct 8, 2009

When I was about 8, a friend of my mother’s handed me a stack of her Gourmet magazines from the 40s. I must have spent hours just looking at the covers with those highly stylized somewhat strange still lifes. I began to imagine what kind of human lives would reside within the bounds of those...