animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

tastefully simple

My cousin Chris hosted a Tastefully Simple party this evening. I’m not one for attending these types of parties, but when there’s food involved, I’ll admit that has a certain allure for me. So, I went. It was nice to get out of the house for a change. The food …

apt pupil

You can’t change the ending! By doing just that, they missed the entire point of the story. But, that was hardly the worst thing about this movie–it was also dreadfully boring. Apt Pupil has always been one of my favorite Stephen King short stories. Coming from the same collection as …

winding down

I noticed that things are finally winding down around here. So it officially must be the end of summer. Sure, I still have some things growing in the garden, but mostly I’m on clean-up duty these days. My cucumber plants finally died, thank goodness, but I still have a few …

the jester

Wow. I think I’ve had my fill of James Patterson for a while. This book was supposedly written by him and some guy called Andrew Gross. I’ve read at least one other of his “co-authored” books and it wasn’t good, either. Here’s my theory–the name James Patterson sells books. So, …