Where have I been?

Well, friends. I've been sitting at home reading "The Lady Elizabeth." (After watching some movies about her, I'm completely intrigued...)

It was supposed to be my book for the big trip, but I seriously can't seem to put it down.

I think I have a problem. Books (good ones anyway) totally take me away from the world of the living.

I should be done by Friday.

A blessing in disguise?

Is anyone else strangely enjoying this writer's strike? Just me?

I haven't thought about television nearly as much lately -

and I like that.

*I wish no ill will toward the writers. Just realizing and appreciating the change in my life.

Four stars

I really enjoyed Susan Gilman's "Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress." It could have been due to her insightful, honest and hilarious accounts of growing up a little disillusioned. Or, it could have been because I was finally able to focus on a book without any distractions.

Either way, I highly recommend.

Next up? "Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House" by Valerie Plame Wilson.

Did you know...

That coin collectors are numismatists?

That postcard collectors are deltiologists?
That stamp collectors are philatelists?

Know of any others?

(Thanks F...)