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if you were visiting me today

I really would put a hammer in your hand. My sister is coming down this evening. I get about 24 hours (minus sleep and a swim) of her time to help me repair, clean, organize, and decorate. The to-do list is about four times longer than we can possibly accomplish. However, this week I caught [...]

if you were visiting me today

I might put you to work. The overdue fix-it list around here is getting seriously out of control.

I've got some work to do

Becky's bookshelf: read

Shakespeare Wrote for Money

by Nick Hornby

I was in a bookstore the other day hunting for something to read on writing when I got distracted by the books on reading. I picked this one up, knowing nothing about Nick Hornby beyond his connection to About a Boy. My impressions in no...

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

I grew up loving to read and hope to pass that on so every year I get books for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. There are twenty of them and as they're getting older I can no longer give only books I've read so each year there are o...