driveway moment

I sat in my garage today during lunch break while listened to this great conversation on a new book about Mark Twain.

He was so fascinating! Listen to learn how he decided on his pen (not Penn state!) name, his political activism, and how he left this world with a bang:)

Here's the link to the audio and interview re-cap.

I'll just add it to my reading list.

gilbert blythe, my fictitious preteen love

anne of green gables turned 100 this year,
newsweek told me.
they also told me about the huge tourism surrounding this fictitious character and prince edward island...where i now want to visit along with her fanatic japanese following


my mom was always getting us to read about smart girls-true confessions of charlotte doyle, nancy drew, harriet the spy, bridge to terebithia, walk two moons-even ramona quimby- but then i started reading about holden and harry and hatchet.

the article said, "It's rare to find a best seller with a strong heroine anymore, in large part because, although girls will read books about boys, boys won't go near a girl's book, no matter how cool she is..."
kind of sad-but this is turning to a rant, so happy birthday ms. anne of avonlea

'It's still not easy being green'