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Every scrape requires a bandage until she learns skin will make its own without help, and heal faster if left alone.
In the garden, weeds spring up quickly where soil is ploughed. It would seem Earth hates nakedness and self-designs to grow it over. Where left alone, first weeds are succeeded by longer lasting perennials, shrubs, and then trees. Thousands of interlocking systems, left alone, will heal into a diverse grassland or forest.
On some level, we've always known this. Plants grow, yielding their bodies or leaves to freeze rot into every winter, and supply next year's growth with nutrients. Earth is covered. She won't be naked, remember? And she needs those dead bodies right where they landed to shield the tender roots of perennial plants from dry, desiccating elements.
I once believed that if I could just design the perfect irrigation system, I'd have gardening figured. Now, reading Toby Hemenway's book Gaia's Garden – A Guide to Home-Scale Permacuture, I'm shifting from this view.
If I can set up plant systems that mimic a young forest – fostering both perennial plants and annuals in symbiotic relationships, employing Nature's soil building and water saving techniques – growing food could get a hell of a lot easier.
Imagine a self-sustaining ecosystem, one we could walk away from and still return to abundance.
For too many years, I've been a slave to the garden because in too many ways, I have been fighting Nature's way. The possibility of being an equal partner instead of carving her into submission is pretty seductive. Nature probably feels the same way.
Lately the term biodiversity balloons in my consciousness. Increasing the kinds of plants in a garden multiplies the diversity of insects and lessens the likelihood of pests. More ground cover fosters more diverse (and barely visible) soil creatures feeding all plants in the area.
Closely planted vegetation bolsters a garden's drought tolerance. Leaf litter and other decomposing plant matter also act as a sponge to hold water for longer periods of time. Plough this symphony and its musical instruments are destroyed.
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Potato, Sausage, and Spinach Breakfast Casserole
Published: November 2011 Servings: 8&ndash10 prep: 40 minutes total: 1 minutes
- 16 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper plus more
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 12 ounces fresh breakfast sausage links
- 2 cups sliced leeks, white and green parts only
- 2 russet potatoes (1 1/2 lb.), peeled, shredded, and lightly squeezed
- 1 pound frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry, roughly chopped
- 1 1/2 cups (4 oz.) grated Gruyère
- 1/2 cup (1 1/2 oz.) grated Parmesan
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Position a rack in top third of the oven; preheat to 350°. Whisk eggs, cream, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, and 3/4 tsp. pepper in a large bowl; set aside.
Melt 1 Tbsp. butter in a 12" cast-iron or nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add sausages and cook, turning often, until browned all over, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add leeks to skillet. Season with salt; cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl.
Melt 3 Tbsp. butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add potatoes, spreading out in an even layer. Cook without stirring until bottom and edges are crisp and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Slide potato pancake onto a large plate. Invert onto another large plate. Melt 1 Tbsp. butter in skillet. Slide potato pancake into skillet browned side up; cook until bottom is golden brown, about 10 minutes.
Scatter spinach, leeks, and sausages over potato pancake, each in an even layer. Season with salt and pepper, then pour in egg mixture. Sprinkle both cheeses over.
Bake until casserole is puffed and golden brown, 35–40 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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"Completely, completely crazy": This is how the Monaco royal palace has described rumours that Charlene Wittstock tried to flee back to South Africa last week.
French magazine L'Express is claiming that Prince Albert's fiancée was stopped by police at Nice airport as she tried to board a flight home.
She was upset, said the publication, "after learning that Albert had not been leading the exemplary life she thought".
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Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Servings: 6 to 8
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup (about 15) peeled garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup Sherry wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup fresh oregano leaves
- 3 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 2 1 1/2-pound flat iron steaks
- 3 cups oak- or hickory-wood smoke chips, soaked in cold water at least 30 minutes, drained
- 1 8-inch square disposable aluminum foil baking pan
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Finely chop first 7 ingredients in processor. Set sauce aside.
Cook butter in small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until brown, about 2 minutes. Add sauce; stir 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Place soaked wood chips in foil pan. Place foil pan directly atop coals on barbecue. When chips begin to smoke, place steaks on grill rack directly over chips and cook to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Remove steaks from grill; let stand 5 minutes. Thinly slice steaks across grain. Serve with chimichurri sauce.
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Snappy Stories seems well suited for today's celebration. The author of the cover feature, who's real name was Alvina Croter (her husband changed his last name to Delmar!), cut her teeth in the pages of Snappy Stories. A couple years later she made it big and sold her novel, Bad Girl, to Fox Pictures (which later would become 20th Century Fox) and our man Bolles was there again to bring the star to life in a fantastic image.I've read they even used the image in Billboards!
Snappy Stories focused on romantic themes and so it isn't a surprise that Bolles painted a number of other dancing themed covers for the magazine. What's curious to me is that very few featured couples. But then again, whenever Bolles included men in his covers they were always secondary, often subservient and sometimes just superfluous to the woman. After all, she's not just any pinup, she's a Bolles girl!
And finally, I need to include the hoofer stepping out to the Charleston on the cover of Gay Book. The dance may have been a bit dated in 1934 when this appeared on the newsstands, but she's managed to make it all the rage once again.
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April 30: International Dance Day
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- Sim said...
Hello Jack,
I'm going to post again a collage with a Bolle's Girl. I know you're not fan of that kind of 'appropriation', but I wanted to tell you that it's a way of mine to honor and make a tribute to this huge artist, whose I share with you a real admiration.
(sorry for my approximate English :)
- July 4, 2014 at 4:11 AM
- Jack R said...
Hi Sim, Please send me a link to your Bolles tribute. I'd love to see it. And I have pretty much gotten over my issues with 'appropriation'. Not much that can be done about that.
- July 21, 2014 at 7:40 AM
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*gandhi never wanted partition . it were jinnah & nehru which left no other choice.Originally Posted by shirish_nagar
*he never differentiated bwt any relegion. this is clear from various works of his life.
*do you expect him to say"hey RAM Ya ALI OH jesus" after being shot.By the way it is not clear whether he said hey ram or not
Speaking on the topic, who said he was the sole cause of our freedom
He is the Father of our nation cause he belonged to the party which formed the first govt. the contitution.
other leaders opposed the thinking of INC and are thus shadowed.
Gandhi is a figure used by the congress to gather votes.
we should respect leaders like Netaji, Bhagat singh,Azad but that does not mean we should insult gandhiji. He was also an important figure in our independence struggle.
How many of us have looked for information on netaji. Wat were his ideals/thoughts that lead to his actions. Wat did he dream of an independent india and are we doing anything to make this true.
His work was to lead a national party with a large following. It is not an easy task to bring a nation as large as india with such a cultural and ethnic diversity.
the politicians are using him to gain vote.
They are the one who created the image of mahatma in front of us and are using it against us. but that does not mean gandhi was a mean person and that we should hate him.
The truth is due to recent movies like Bhagat singh, heyy ram, etc. & starting of such debate at many places on net people feel that it is modern thinking to hate gandhi.
that it is old thinking to respect gandhi. talking among friends saying insults to gandhi seems a good thing nowadays.
while the truth is we do not want to do anything for the nation.
DID gandhi ever say he was the sole reason of our Freedom??? It's the political setup that says so.
Gandhi I would say was an exceptional man, about 2-3 yrs ago if I was asked this same thing I would have promptly replied as Gandhi was a A*****, but during the course of the years I began to understand him better. In some manners I would say that he had almost enlightened himself, because to follow non-violence & all the philosophies that he followed is almost impossible.
For the partition part, people blame him entirely for it but you should know that he never willingly agreed to it. To stop all the violence occuring he had to give consent. First I also blamed him like others entirely, but after understanding the conditions under which he gave his consent I know understand it.
If you people really want a good insight on his life you should watch Richard Attenborugh's movie 'Gandhi'. A masterpiece of celluloid & a perfect portrayal of the man.
Ultimatly it was never his wish to be called as Mahatma, it was the people who began to refer to him in that manner, similar to the fashion that people started calling Jesus Christ a god, when he was just a man sent here to do his bidding because of which he was persecuted.
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he was a great man...before you people insult him more think would you give up your whole life for a cause...he was from a well off family...studied law...he had a bright future ahead of him yet he dedicated his whole life for his country...he could have lived in South Africa or London yet he lived in Sabarmati Ashram with people from all casts(which was unthinkable at that time)...went on hunger strikes for causes that were not his own...agreed he was not the only reason but he was the biggest reason we got our indipendence...just show some respect towards the man...
I m nt th bst...bt i m nt lik th rst
Gandhi was an Idiot and an ultimate opportunist. He was responsible for the death of Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Rajguru, Sukhdev and many other people. He divided punjab and made Pakistan. He only thought about himself not about the country. He just wanted his party to have power, that's why he removed everybody who came in his path cleverly. A DEVIL IN DISGUISE
man your brain is so screwed up you cant see the truth...give me a single proof that Gandhi was responsible for the death of those men...those men knew what they were doing...Gandhi never agreed with violence...it was Jinnah and the British who divided India and created pakistan...if he only thought about himself then we would not be having this discussion cause the man whom we are talking about would have never returned to India and would have stayed in South Africa...so chill and read some literature about him...Originally Posted by Cerebral Assasin
I m nt th bst...bt i m nt lik th rst
and do u know, who gave the FUND to Pakistan at the time of division ?Originally Posted by thepirateboy
One way.. Yeh... surely... HE MUST SAY if he is Religion-NuetralOriginally Posted by neelu09
Another way... No... But he shouldn't say HEY RAM too.
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it was a curtsy on India's behalf...India had to give Pakistan the money...think of the situation at that time...there was no war between India and pakistan at that time...all the world was wathching the birth of these two countries...but I agree we were fools by giving them the funds but it had to be done...Originally Posted by shirish_nagar
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Gandhi advised the Indian government to give aid to Pakistan, because he thought that they will accept it as a good will gesture & continue to remain friendly with us. Which as we all know was the biggest delusion.
The only good that country will ever be is when it will be destroyed.
Like how India trains engineers to create stuff, pakistan creates the so called 'jehadis' to destroy stuff. A perfect balance.
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Gandhi was a good social reformer, but when it comes to politics and Indian interest and achieving freedom,I must admit,he was a dampner..Taking no credits away from him or his school of believers it can be safely said that he did more harm than good by co-operating with the Britishers to divide the country on the basis of some damn religion! Freedom was sure to come sooner or later at that part of the time[He would have been a fool not to guess that standing in 1940's],but what he did by helping India to be free after getting divided has given rise to problems which we are still now suffering from,and perhaps will be doing it for many hundreds of years still to come as well. And not only to us Indians, this act of division which gave birth to the greatest terrorist nation of the world is now threatening the whole world! So,it can be clearly understood that it would have been much better had Gandhi never played a single role in India's fight to freedom,which really never been achieved fully as was expected with a divided and weakened India !! India would have been a better place with no so called "service" of this "Father Of The Nation" to this great nation,as the good he did was to the backward class people as a social reformer,and that could always had been looked after by someone else later as has been seen so many times in India history.But being in Politics,he really screwed India up a lot than anyone could have ever expected.So,where was his real contribution as well as Nehru's ? They have largely acted for their own selfish needs,which was fame,publicity and gaining prominence among the Indian political fraternity and nothing else at that time,and did a little for India's true well being as a nation...... What do you all think,fellas ?
i believe Mahatma Gandhi did not give us freedom. the reasons we got freedom were.
1. Germany Kicked british A** sooo much in WWII they(british) didnt have enuf manpower to rule over so many countries in the world. Thats why u will notice many countries got independence from the british between 1945 to 1950.
2. in addition to the above, the UN told the britishers to give up the colonies.
in short he did fight for indian independence....but really i dont give him the credit...
and also it was he who put it in Jinnah's mind that india and pakistan shud be separate. Mahatma Gandhi is the one becos of whom india and pakistan are fighting today.
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There has been a lot of hype about the potential of pharmacogenomics to transform medicine. Drug-related adverse events can cost healthcare systems tens of billions of dollars every year, but pharmacogenomics could alleviate this burden by enabling exact dosages to be chosen based on a patient's individual genome. The problem, however, is that we have been hearing about this promise for years, but implementation has been slow.
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My goal has been to post once a week since I require my students to do so. And I have been doing really well! And then…grading. Sooo much grading. In fact, I have entered what I like to call grading hell. Grading hell is that point when there is nothing to do but grade. I mean, yes, there are other things to do, but the grading that isn't being done is all-consuming.
The grading becomes ever more all-consuming when other things are going on that make it hard to get to grading. Things like my kid having activities. Or having to do lesson planning/class prep. Or standing committee meetings–that require their own prep. Or other commitments that I made before realizing that I would be in grading hell.
So life, basically.
I have a rule that I don't grade on weekends, but I had to break that rule last weekend. I also broke it this weekend. I had a three-day weekend and spent basically all day Friday grading. Because I know how to have fun.
The good news is that I made a very significant dent in the grading. The bad news is that I am still not done.
Anyway, I'm taking Saturday and Sunday off from grading and hoping, hoping, hoping that next week will be more conducive to making even more of a dent in that left pile. The dream is that I'll be finished with it completely by Friday. (That is the dream.)
We'll see how it goes. I mean, I would really love to be able to watch some TV shows as they air this week. Or even one! That would be nice.
So, this still counts as a post for the week, even if it is slightly off-topic.
I have been largely MIA this summer because…summer, you know. Anyway, I require my composition students to keep weekly blogs throughout the semester, so I figure I should do the same.
Their first assignment is to introduce themselves, but this blog is pretty established, so instead I'm going to talk about some of the things I plan to do during the next sixteen weeks. In my first post of the year, I said I wanted to vary my book reviews and try to get excited about blogging again, so I have listed a few ideas that should help me do just that.
1. Recommendation Wednesday – a few months ago (March? April?) on Twitter, Sarah from Clear Eyes, Full Shelves put on her tiara and declared Recommendation Tuesday a thing. I said it was brilliant, and I wanted to do the same, but I never did. (She, of course, has posted tons of recommendations since then.) I'm doing mine on Wednesday since I often participate in Top Ten Tuesday and don't want to over-commit my days. #bloggerproblems
2. Movies Based On Books – I watch a lot of movies based on books. I have thoughts about them. Sometimes I have seen the books; sometimes I haven't. Either way, they fit the whole book blogger deal.
3. Teaching Thursday – I recently combined this blog with my teaching blog and want to expand beyond my Lesson Plan Friday posts. So Teaching Thursday will be a place for me to talk about teaching stuff that's not related to lesson planning, basically.
4. Mini reviews/reading round ups – Longform reviews are too much pressure (even if it is pressure I put on myself). (Another candidate for #bloggerproblems). Not that I will never do longer reviews, but I will definitely be doing more mini reviews.
5. Pet peeves/opinion/discussion posts – I have lots of opinions about a lot of things related to books. Probably I should start talking about them here.
Oh, and it's possible I may post about TV sometimes. Maybe. I haven't decided yet.
So, yes. Those are my ideas. I'm posting them to help hold myself accountable. And to show my students that it's possible to write 300 words (with links) about something you care about–or have to do for an assignment.
Word count: 370
So, I decided at the last minute to sign up for and participate in Bloggiesta. I have no plans for this weekend, so the timing is perfect.
My planned to-do list:
participate in the PicMonkey challenge to make some buttons for my new/ongoing features update my 2014 challenges list with books read update my reviews by author page so that it's current write four or five posts I have swirling around in my head participate in the Blog Post Bingo challenge
- update my about page
- do something about my layout–not sure what yet
- investigate a different hosting service since hosting w/Wordpress limits what I can do with my blog
That list is a little insane, and I realize I probably won't complete all of those items, but I should make a pretty healthy dent.
Finish line update:
- I wrote two posts, not four or five. I'm still calling that complete.
- I think I found a solution to my layout problem, so that's a plus. Looking at getting a theme from Creative Whim when I switch my hosting
- I'm still not sure what hosting service I'll use yet. I need to get more feeedback from some trusted peeps on that one.
And that's that. All in all, a rather successful weekend. I was also able to participate in the last Twitter chat, which was a lot of fun. Thanks so much to Suey and Danielle for all their hard work in organizing and hosting such a great event!
Sorting Hat: Scandal
Yes, this is a book blog. But my other love is TV, and sometimes the two will overlap, especially when I start thinking to myself, "Hmm, I wonder which Hogwarts House these characters will be sorted into?" (Harry Potter reference, for those not in the know.) And then my mind keeps mulling it over, which turns into a blog post.
So for my first official Sorting Hat post on the blog, I turn my attention to Scandal, the latest soap offering from Shonda Rhimes.
The above links are pretty thorough in breaking down the houses, but, in summation, this is how I view them.
Gryffindor – mostly concerned with doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do, have a deep sense of justice
Ravenclaw – super duper smartypants who love solving puzzles and just being smart
Hufflepuff – hard workers who want to be recognized for being hard workers, loyal
Slytherin – have a deep sense of self-preservation, think the ends justify the means and the means justify the ends
Of course, these are simplistic baselines. Overlap can happen. I'm basing the sorting on what I think the characters' most obvious traits are. YMMV, of course.
Pope & Associates
1. Olivia – Ravenclaw — She's a fixer and being a fixer means putting all of the pieces together and frequently being the smartest person in the room. Most of her cases are huge puzzles that need solving, and she's not concerned with justice for justice's sake. She wants the truth of the moment to speak and figures out how to get her clients the results they need.
2. Harrison – Ravenclaw — No lie, Harrison totally reminds me of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's super smart, and the show has set him up as Liv's second in command. Like Liv, he looks at how the pieces of the puzzle fit together and uses his wits and ability to problem solve more than anything.
3. Abby – Hufflepuff — She's loyal and hardworking. I haven't seen anything that indicates Abby wants more than to be appreciated for the work she does. She doesn't always agree with Liv or have that same sense of fixing the problem (she's fine with people taking the fall if they are terrible individuals), but she does what's asked of her for the sake of the practice and because she believes in her friend.
4. Quinn – Hufflepuff/Slytherin — Quinn was hard to place because she came in the practice a Hufflepuff, but she/we didn't really know her past or anything. We still don't really know what Lindsay Dwyer was about, but S2/S3 Quinn has revealed that she's not just a worker bee; she has some sort of agenda, even if it's make sure she's never made a fool of again. So I could see her in either. I get a stronger sense of self-preservation than loyalty from her (I mean, if she leaves Pope & Associates, where will she go?), so I'm inclined to say Slytherin.
5. Huck – Hufflepuff — Even in Huck's backstory we find out that he's a good soldier who does what's asked of him and is glad to be recognized for his hard work. He is extremely loyal (to country, to family, to friends), which is really his downfall. I'd even call it his fatal flaw. Also, you know he just wants to have a home and a family, and that's it. Poor Huck.
6. David Rosen – Gryffindor — David is SUCH a Gryffindor. This was such a gimme. He is basically Harry Potter in lawyer form. (Also, I consider him an honorary member of the team, even if he is not technically a member of the firm.)
The White House
1. Fitz – Hufflepuff — Fitz thinks hard work (and lots of privilege, of course!) is enough. That's why Defiance was such a shock/so painful to him. That's also why he needs Cyrus, Mellie, and Olivia. They do strategy; he follows directions. He also has a deep desire for home and family, and thinks that would be enough. (I am ignoring that he is slime. That doesn't matter. He is a huge 'puff.)
2. Mellie – Slytherin — Obviously. I wouldn't be surprised if that mic oops from this past week's episode isn't all part of some scheme for her to get more press and position herself for some sort of political storm. I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST HER. She always has an end game in mind, and she will always figure out how/what Mellie can get out of any situation.
3. Cyrus – Slytherin — More obviously. Cyrus can also turn on the charm and fool you into thinking that he is on your side. Also, his only loyalty is to himself and/or power.
4. James – Gryffindor — From what we've seen of Cyrus's husband, I have him firmly in the Gryffindor camp. He has a deep sense of justice and chases the truth. Plus, you'd have to be brave to be married to Cyrus. I mean, seriously.
5. Sally Langston – Hufflepuff — All of the power plays she's made have been mostly because she wants recognition. If she were a true Slytherin or Ravenclaw, she would've seen through Fitz's emotional manipulation b.s. or actually had a plan in place that considered what would happen to her if he double-crossed her. But, no, she works hard and wants that to be enough.
1. Rowan/Eli – Slytherin — I mean. There is no right or wrong with this dude, only power. He is cunning and manipulative and will obviously do whatever it takes to deliver his end game. He'd argue it's for the greater good, but, again, ends/means justify each other, period.
2. Jake – Gryffindor — This dude is all about his rogue missions and saving people even if it puts himself in jeopardy. He may be a little reckless is what I'm saying. He seems more concerned with doing what's right even though he'll probably get himself killed.
So what do you think? Did I get it right? Totally miss the mark? What houses would you sort the characters from Scandal into?
Wrap Up: Reading Challenges 2012
Don't worry; this post is going to be short. Mostly because I failed spectacularly at all the reading challenges I signed up for. I didn't complete a single one. Not one! No, not even the Harry Potter one. Which is fine, really. I mean, I did read The Count of Monte Cristo, which was the biggie. And I got rid of a bunch of books on my shelf that I wasn't going to read anyway, so you know.
That said, the one thing I wanted to do this past year was read more contemporary YA lit. I was so over fantasy and paranormal and dystopia. Obviously, I still read a few from each genre, but I got back to what I love reading. Very smart.
So next year, I am not doing any reading challenges. I'm just going to read what I want, when I want. Which is what I did anyway. That doesn't mean I won't sign up for something that completely pushes me out of my comfort zone (Tea & Books, for example, did help me commit to reading a big 'un), but I'm going to keep my obligations to a minimum.
Good luck to everyone else on completing all of your challenges!
one week left
One week left in NaBloPoMo, and I am hitting the wall. I have one book left to review, and, quite frankly, it's exhausting posting every day. So today is my "I don't feel like posting so I'm not" post, and we'll see what tomorrow brings. I only have ideas for two other posts. Two! And seven days left! I need to regroup and think, obvs.
Any suggestions?
I signed up for NaBloPoMo, hence the posts every day this month. I've been pretty good about it, only missing two days of real content so far because of exhaustion/outside interests. Today is going to be my third. I hit the grading wall earlier today. (Grading, grading, always with the grading.) I also realized that I'm in a crabby mood. Crabby mood does not make for good posts. Also, I'm tired. So consider this a longer explanation of why I'm not posting a review today. I should be back in the swing of things again tomorrow.
Blogging every day probably won't continue in December. For one thing, I'm almost caught up on all the overdue reviews. For another, the first week of December is the end of the semester, which means even more grading. I know the students think they have it bad, but I'm going to have to grade some major projects along with catching up on the grading I'm not going to finish before this weekend's break.
Anyway, no whining here. Just a heads up for what's going on and why all the fantastic original content will slooooow down. I do enjoy posting with regularity, though, and will try to sort out some kind of schedule for myself in the future. As for tonight, no review. Tomorrow, though!
no review!
Just got home from the church picnic, exhausted. Not sure I'll wake up in time to do a review today. Tomorrow then!
No reviews today as I am extremely tired. Tomorrow, though!
Bloggiesta: Wrap-Up
I'm counting my first Bloggiesta as a success. I completed the pinterest challenge by creating a Books Worth Reading board, answered the unanswered comments on my posts, and read through the mini-challenges to see if any caught my eye. (So far, I saw one that I will probably do in the future: themed pages.)
I also started cleaning up my tags and labels. I'm about 1/3 of the way through, and that'll be an ongoing project that I work on a little at a time–probably between grading papers. I like how much cleaner and neater my blog looks on the fixed ones, so that's good.
I didn't make a decision about the reviews by author page, which means it stays for now. I may make updating that a task for the Bloggiesta event in September. We'll see. Next time, I'll hopefully be able to participate more in the Twitter aspect of it all as well.
All in all: good deal. Two thumbs up, fine holiday fun, etc.