Yes, Twilight like the Twilight series.
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
2.14.2012
The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten
I had to share a book a just finished reading... The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor.
Yes, Twilight like the Twilight series.
Yes, Twilight like the Twilight series.
1.27.2010
Dogs, Books and Beer
One of these days I really need to go to Portland just to go to Portland... not for a dog show.
Don't get me wrong, the show went well and was fun! Sunny got Winner's Dog and Best of Winners on Thursday for his first Major. Taylor got fourth in class both Saturday and Sunday (out of five dogs)... he wouldn't let the judge go over him on Saturday but he was much better on Sunday. We had a great time chatting with some of the Toller people, hanging out with the Dobie people, and chatting with spectators about different breeds.
It's just that Portland has so much more to offer that we don't have time {or energy} to take advantage of while we're there for a show.
We did get some time Saturday afternoon to visit Powell's City of Books in downtown Portland.
I've heard of Powell's for years from various friends... a 4-story bookstore that takes up an entire city block. It sounded too good to be true. My mom and our friend are also book lovers so it didn't take much to convince them that we needed to check it out.
Don't get me wrong, the show went well and was fun! Sunny got Winner's Dog and Best of Winners on Thursday for his first Major. Taylor got fourth in class both Saturday and Sunday (out of five dogs)... he wouldn't let the judge go over him on Saturday but he was much better on Sunday. We had a great time chatting with some of the Toller people, hanging out with the Dobie people, and chatting with spectators about different breeds.
It's just that Portland has so much more to offer that we don't have time {or energy} to take advantage of while we're there for a show.
We did get some time Saturday afternoon to visit Powell's City of Books in downtown Portland.
I've heard of Powell's for years from various friends... a 4-story bookstore that takes up an entire city block. It sounded too good to be true. My mom and our friend are also book lovers so it didn't take much to convince them that we needed to check it out.
9.15.2009
Three Cups of Tea
A few of my lovely high school friends and I have started a book club. Our first book was Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson.
Mortenson made an attempt to scale K2, but had to turn back just a short distance from the summit. Freezing and mulling over the fact that he had failed for the first time, he stumbled down the mountain. He lost track of his guide and wandered into the little village of Korphe where the villagers welcomed him, fed him, and let him rest. When he was well enough he went to see the Korphe school: a flat area where the children gathered to practice their lessons, using sticks to mark in the dirt, and a teacher who was there only occasionally. Mortenson promised the Korphe people that he would return to build them a real school as thanks for their kindness.
Mortenson made good on his promise and then some: he returned many times to Pakistan and the Karakoram region to build not just one, but fifty-five schools.
Mortenson made an attempt to scale K2, but had to turn back just a short distance from the summit. Freezing and mulling over the fact that he had failed for the first time, he stumbled down the mountain. He lost track of his guide and wandered into the little village of Korphe where the villagers welcomed him, fed him, and let him rest. When he was well enough he went to see the Korphe school: a flat area where the children gathered to practice their lessons, using sticks to mark in the dirt, and a teacher who was there only occasionally. Mortenson promised the Korphe people that he would return to build them a real school as thanks for their kindness.
Mortenson made good on his promise and then some: he returned many times to Pakistan and the Karakoram region to build not just one, but fifty-five schools.
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