You Say Potato, I Say Potahto...

Check out these lovelies: for a brief time, we here in SoCal get to enjoy peonies (we can't grow them, alas; these came via my sweet B. from Trader Joe's)--or "pie-o-nees," as some like to call them. Whatever you call them, they're heavenly.

Author Author

Apologies for the darkness of the photograph above: the man on the right is Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner (which I read and liked quite well) and A Thousand Splendid Suns (which I haven't read). Mr. Hosseini sat right next to B. on Saturday night at an event at UCSD (he was honored as UCSD Alumnus of the Year). He's very nice, very quiet . . . A lot of folks (many of them female, I might add) came up to him asking to have books signed or have their photos taken with him--it was like seeing the literary equivalent of a rock star. By some accounts, The Kite Runner has sold 10 million copies and been published in 42 languages.

I felt a bit weird about having my photo taken with him, so I "Kinneared" him--you have to read the link to a hilarious post on one of my favorite blogs, The Yarn Harlot, to understand what that means!

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

Er . . . um . . . hmmm . . .

I have no words for this, really.

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Photo #1: May 19, 2008

Photo #2: May 23, 2008Photo #3: May 29, 2008

Photo #4: June 5, 2008

I really want this blog to be a quiet and peaceful place free of politics of any kind--and it will remain that way--but this series of photos just cried out to be posted. I drive by this station twice a week on my way to physical therapy, and ... well, the photos speak for themselves. Leaving aside the stratospheric prices, the incredible increases since May 19 beggar belief. Insert huge sigh here...

First, Next, Now

I Hear Ya

Sometimes the universe just sends you a subtle message . . .

P.S. This was not a setup--I really did find this rubber band in the shape of a heart!

Big Sister

Remember this lovely on the left? Look what I found! Its big sister. Sweeeet! I might put this larger one in my as yet imaginary Etsy shop...but stop holding your breath for that to happen; I don't want any of my precious readers to keel over!