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Missing Ms. Cindy

toddering — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:46:08 +0000

PrettyGirl is going to miss Ms. Cindy when she moves to her new class. The class had an appreciation party for Ms. Cindy last weekend.

From Miss Cindy's Party

I’m certain that my departure has been celebrated many times, but I was never invited.

You Are Awesome

toddering — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:38:20 +0000

JC, you’re five now. To take a popular adjective from your vocabulary, you are “awesome”.

You are a great storyteller. After school your stories rush out in a torrent of friends and teachers and toys and animals. Battles, police emergencies, fire rescues and shopping trips play out on your bedroom floor with Lego and tinker toy [...]

Dead End Gene Pool: Great Title, Good Book

toddering — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:07:52 +0000

Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A fun read of a hard life. Ms. Burden provides an interesting look at the lives of the very wealthy. Her perspective is enriched by her experience the estrangement between her Vanderbilt grandparents and her mother (their daughter-in-law.) The estrangement came as a result [...]

The Passport

toddering — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:40:10 +0000

The Passport by Herta Müller My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Great book. Dense prose poetry like a novella by William Carlos Williams.

The characters are stripped of their dignity, page by page in quiet set under cloudy skies.

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Coming Down From a Borderline High

toddering — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:53:49 +0000

Had a doctor visit yesterday. In the last 6 months I’ve lost weight. In the last year my cholesterol has improved to below “borderline high”.

At this rate PrettyLady will need a third job to offset my longevity.