Great Success!

Success? Sucess?

Half Price Book Store was a "great success!"

• Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barabara Kingsolver
• Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques
• Grendel by John Gardner
• The Silmarillion by Tolkien
• Widow for One Year by John Irving
• The Red Tent by Ann Diamont

Currently reading:

I Heart My Wii

Welcome to the world of Wii Fit.

Independence Day

WHY do I always want to indepen-dance?




This year I will be in America for the 4th of July. Last year, I was here:

This is me, on top of Mt. Nebo, pointing to the Promised Land. I bet it looks the same now as it did back in the OT, minus the windy paved road.

Last year, I spent the evening with a friend down in Abdoun, eating ice cream, sitting in the middle of a crazy busy traffic circle, watching Arab guys watch Arab girls and trying to take a picture of ourselves both making the number "4" with our hands.

My mom called me tonight. She was sitting on their "usual" spot with their "usual" group at the Kearney fireworks show. She said she missed me and that she wished I was there. Asked if anyone was having any firework shows, if anyone was setting off fireworks.

For you Kearney folk, you know that town is like a stinking war zone on the fourth. A dense haze settles over the town at night after everyone's lights their stuff and you hear left over explosions for days on end. Kentucky... just not that into it I guess. In fact, you have to go over the river into Indiana just to get the "good" fireworks. Go figure.

We'll see how tomorrow goes. But it may end up to be a very nostalgic day indeed. I guess that's a good thing. I don't visit memory land often enough anymore.

That's Not In My Lexicon

So I have this neighbor, Mr. Hash. Mr. Hash has Hebrew written on the side of his truck:

It either says "Salvation of Yah" or "God's Army." At least, that's what he told me. When I asked him if he had studied Hebrew, he replied:

"I didn't study Hebrew... it came to me."

Oooook...

Holy Guacamole!

Recently Dusty found this in his guacamole:

Roughly the size of a ping pong ball, it not only made excellent lunch conversation between us and the grandparents, it got Dusty some fresh, free guacamole! Eat up!

Enquiring Minds Want To Know

Last weekend we heard a kid come up to his mother at the booth behind us and the following conversation ensued:


Kid: "Mom, quick! I need you to explain the Laws of Physics!"
Mom: "...huh?"
Kid: "The Laws of Physics! I neeeed to knoooooow!"
Mom: "What? I don't know them!"
Kid: "Just hurry up and come over here!"


What was he looking at? This charming little fountain of course:


(taken from my phone)

I Graduated On May 10

"So Emily, reading that book for class huh?"

Me, looking up from my latest read: "Actually, I graduated in May... I just read for fun."

insert puzzled look here.

Planning a trip to the Half Price Book Store in The Ville this weekend. Pumped! I have a list front and back of books to look for. Among others are

1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
3. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
4. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
5. Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tam

wish me luck!