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• The Constant Gardener: A Movie Review

  

  I saw a whole bunch of movies this month, and I plan to talk about them shortly in a separate blog post, but since this was the very best of the lot, and becaus... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS

• Unwinding After a Busy Work Week with a Bottle of Wine

  Modern life can be hard work and very, very stressful. What I like after a week of it is to relax with a bottle of something red; a bottle that a soft, juicy... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 BOOKS

• Plug-in and Theme Experimentation

  

  Now that I have moved to self-hosted, I am having a bucket load of fun trying out a whole bunch of plug-ins and themes.Here’s a little bit about my experience,... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 BOOKS

• For A Song of Ice and Fire Fanatics

  I’ve read all the books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R.Martin but I still haven’t had enough. While battling sleepless nights (jet lag), I... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 BOOKS

• What Gluttons We Have Been!

  

  Weekend cooking is a meme hosted by Beth Fish Reads. It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews,... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 BOOKS

• Mad About the Boy: Book Review

  

  Oh, Bridget Jones, how much I was looking forward to meeting you again. How sad that our third and hopefully final encounter was so tepid :(. Rewinding the cloc... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS

• Day Trip to Napa

  

  I visited the San Francisco Bay Area on official travel, but that doesn’t mean some fun can’t be interwoven in, right? The week was chock-full of meetings and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS

• Snubnose’s Favorite Series Books

  

  A couple of months back, snubnose finally discovered the joy of reading regular books (non-picture books), and I was beyond thrilled. To make the transition... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 BOOKS

• Missing These Silly Faces So Badly

  

  On business travel, and snubnose and piglet are up front and center in my mind all the time. I know snubnose is missing me badly, she tells me so when I chat... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 BOOKS

• Teaser Tuesdays: Mad About the Boy

  

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  Posted on 03 December 2013 BOOKS

• A Tale for the Time Being: Book Review

  

  In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao firs... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 BOOKS

• Wordless Wednesdays: Ram, Sita, and Lakshmana

  

  When I went to piglet’s school for a PTM, I couldn’t stop myself from clicking these portraits that some of the older kids had done of Ram, Sita, and Lakshmana... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS

• Teaser Tuesdays: A Tale for the Time Being

  

  This teaser (from A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki) is an excerpt from a conversation the protagonist Ruth has with her Alzheimer’s affected mother... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 BOOKS

• Recipes I’m Dying to Cook up This Christmas

  

  Weekend cooking is a meme hosted by Beth Fish Reads. It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews,... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 BOOKS

• Interesting Things Going on with A Tale for the Time Being

  

  I am in the midst of reading A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (part of the Japanese literature and the Man Booker reading challenges). It’... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 BOOKS

• Krispy Kreme Yummyness and Some Ballet and Theme Updates

  

  Last Sunday was spent ferrying the snubnose to extra ballet rehearsals. She is due to perform in a ballet performance of Cinderella mid-December and the dance... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 BOOKS

• {Almost} Wordless Wednesdays: Goa Then and Now

  

  Looking at old travel photos is one of my favorite timepass activities. It’s amazing how things differ and yet stay the same. Take the snubnose for instance, I... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS

• Teaser Tuesdays: A Tale for the Time Being

  

  I think most bloggers will relate to Nao’s thoughts from A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki… It made me sad when I caught myself pretending that everybody... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 BOOKS

• Mailbox Mondays: November 18, 2013

  

  Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued and hosted by Crystal by I Totally Paused! this month. My reading has been on the... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 BOOKS

• The Dangers of the Overscheduled Child

  

  How did we come to this pass? Just a couple of years back, our life was leisurely, snubnose was 4 and a very mature 4 at that. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 BOOKS