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when i was younger, so much younger – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/when-i-was-younger-so-much-younger
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. June 18, 2010. August 26, 2010. When i was younger, so much younger. But that’s a minor point for her editor. The book itself was well done. It was a bit brutal sometimes, but realistic. The story of a literary uprising of black women against the white women who employ them, this book is told from the point of view of two hired women and one white aspiring writer who is unsure of her place in the world. Till it was a battlecry. June 26, 2010 at 11:13 am. Blog a...
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mind was full of razors – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/mind-was-full-of-razors
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. August 26, 2010. September 8, 2010. Mind was full of razors. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Wow What to say about this that doesn’t ruin anything but still adequately expresses my admiration. This is a strong, believable, heart-wrenching conclusion to this trilogy. Collins does not pull any punches and she doesn’t leave herself room for another book to sneak in. But it is excellent. When you’re finished with this book you will want to reread it. Immediately...PS I wa...
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Content – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/content
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. January 1, 2012. I have plans for 2012. Resolutions, if you will. I have the normal ones – get rid of this 25 pounds that has haunted me since grad school, be the best wife ever, become a more patient manager. I have the more complex ones – write the story that lives in my head, read more books, watch less trash tv (nobody needs to know who wins Survivor.). But I have one resolution that I want to be central – be content. I will look ahead at the future, and we...
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i’m living in an empty room – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/im-living-in-an-empty-room
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. July 4, 2010. November 12, 2011. I’m living in an empty room. Amy Bloom. I have never read anything of hers before. I mean, I worked at a bookstore at the height of her. 8216;s popularity, but I never did much more than crack the cover and read the book jacket. So why I chose this collection (. A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You. Of her short stories to start with, I’m not entirely sure. The very first image Bloom gives us in. Pedicure on our toes. You are...
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as Christ loved the Church – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/aschristlovedthechurch
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. In being grown up. December 2, 2011. December 2, 2011. As Christ loved the Church. How can the man. Who says of this verse – I Peter 3:1, Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands”:. This also does not negate the equality of husbands and wives, again they are both image bearers of God. There is equality and deference and respect, and that is the way God has ordered the world. 8221; (emphasis mine – hear full audio here. Is that evidenced by. The fact tha...
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Foreign Bodies – Hwee Hwee Tan – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/foreign-bodies-hwee-hwee-tan-2
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. January 2, 2012. Foreign Bodies – Hwee Hwee Tan. Sometimes a book grabs you at the right moment in your life, and it just doesn’t let you go. Hwee Hwee Tan’s book is ostensibly about three young adults living in China. Mei has just become a lawyer, and her childhood friend Eugene’s university buddy Andy gets arrested for gambling. Written from all three perspectives, alternated, Tan seeks to uncover what leads us to the choices we make:. If I were God, if I had...
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you are mine to keep warm – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/you-are-mine-to-keep-warm
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. April 30, 2012. April 30, 2012. You are mine to keep warm. As Jesse and I prepare to become parents this fall I am seeking to remember all that I have learned from my single years as I heard my pregnant friends’ grand statements about their parenting styles which they went on to eat in the form of (not-always-so) humble pie later on. 4 thoughts on “ you are mine to keep warm. April 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm. May 7, 2012 at 3:23 pm. Oh, Buffy. We love you, too. Love t...
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on Veteran’s Day – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/on-veterans-day
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. In being grown up. November 12, 2011. On Veteran’s Day. A day late, I know*. I do not have the same frame of reference for war that my grandparents did. I do not have childhood memories of occupation troops, nor did I walk across the Netherlands during. To find food. At no point during my childhood did we take in a Jewish child who needed a safe place to stay. My frame of reference for war is that of a sister. It’s scouring the pictures in news stories fo...
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Top 10 of 2010 – perspicacity
https://nakiru.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/top-10-of-2010
Pointed remarks on books, life and whatnot. In being grown up. January 1, 2011. December 31, 2010. Top 10 of 2010. It’s 2011 already? At the beginning of last year, I carefully didn’t promise to read a hundred books, which seems to have worked. I read a hundred books! The last one (. Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care. By Jim Champy and Harry Greenspan) finished on December 31st. So the recap, the highs and lows of the year with links and everything. And I’m...
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knitting things for your ears. | dripping from my fingers...
https://nakiruknits.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/knitting-things-for-your-ears
Dripping from my fingers…. Yes, i knit. Laquo; sit on the pavement while you fly. How I’m programmed to function…. Knitting things for your ears. November 21, 2009 by nakiru. More hats, this time for a specific person. Then some hats just for the sake of knitting (who am I to give these to? I wanted to try again. I think I delivered. A slouchy hat for me.🙂. I have been obsessed with hats recently, as you can see. But I have a better design in the works, for my arms…. On November 24, 2009 at 11:26 pm.
