Turns out

I need to blog more. It seriously took me about ten minutes to remember what my stupid login was.

It also turns out that I should not take three hour naps on Sunday because then I am awake at 11:30 browsing paperbackswap.com. Yes, I am a total dork and a cheap one at that but I love it. You post books (paperback and hard cover) online, then other people post theirs, you can order posted books, and you get credits when people order yours. The only cost is shipping to the people that order from you via media mail which is usually around $2 a book.

And the randomness of this catch-all post begins...

Speaking of PBS (that's what we insiders-- read: cheap dorks-- call it), right now I am reading Undaunted Courage about the Lewis and Clark expidition. A few months ago I got the PBS Documentary (like as in the Public Broadcasting Service, not the free book place)on the Corps of Discovery by Ken Burns. I watched it beginning to end twice (big feat if you know anything about me and movies) and I've been hooked ever since.

I also just finished In the Wilderness by Kim Barnes, a professor at the University of Idaho. It was a great book, and made me miss the Palouse more than I thought I ever would...

Anyways, I've gotten all my words out.

Bold Spirit

Earlier this week on the train to New York for work I read "Bold Spirit" by Linda Lawrence Hunt, its a book about Helga Estby's walk across the United States from Spokane, WA to New York City in 1896. A friend who lived with me out here in DC for a short time gave me the book as a hand-me-down, and I put off reading it for several months. I finished the book on my way home from the city the other night, it was definetely an amazing read.

The more I thought about Helga, and the journals she kept while walking, the more I recalled the journals of my great grandmother who recently passed away. My grandma journaled nearly every day of her life, and because of her dedication we have a living history of the rural area in which she lived dating back almost 100 years. I've started many journals, but to this date, I've never finished a single one. I think I started my first journal in the second grade, and my most recent was last week (I cannot believe I am admitting this!).

So, today I decided to start a blog. It's not bold, but just my kind of online journal, full of random musings, insight, and whatever else I feel like posting. My hope is that I can capture a tiny sliver of life that might interest someone out there! Thanks for reading!