Homework, homework, homework! That’s all I do these days. It’s pretty dull, I tell ‘ya, and the knitting has been next to nil. Hang in there folks. There’s only four more weeks to go (of the summer session) and then I should have more time for the things I love most. Summer is the slow season for knitting anyway, right?

Before I forget, I just wanted to leave you with a pic from the Oakland Art Murmur. Good times, good times…and there wasn’t a riot after all. Hope to see you there next month!

Like most people today, my attention span seems to have shrunk to the size of a gnat’s. We all lead such crazy busy lives that it’s hard to squeeze in pleasurable activities such as reading and reading has been sorely missing from my life recently.

The solution for me has been short stories. I picked up Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy at my local library. Don’t you just love the library? The book’s been very highly rated in several reviews lately and even made it on at least one list of the Top Ten Books of 2009.

The stories are so quick and engaging that I read one on my lunch break today. Another outstanding short story collection that I can recommend is Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth. Exquisite.