Booklist Review!!

Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion. Ruttenberg, Danya (Author) Aug 2008. 256 p. Beacon, hardcover, $24.95. (9780807010686). 296.709. Ruttenberg, who was recently ordained as a rabbi, decided at the age of 13 that she was an atheist....

Greetings from Elk City

We’re somewhere in Oklahoma. The last few days have included the Painted Desert, a petrified forest, a meteor crater, (all gorgeous, humbling, amazing), and God-bless-it Cadillac Ranch, which makes me totally, irrationally happy. There’s also been a lot of...

Albuquerque

Is a fine place to sit on a summer morning and drink a frozen lemonade.

Day 2

What I have to say about the fact that my husband made me go to the Atomic Testing Museum: He is so going to Graceland. On the tour. And he will like it. Hoover Dam was nifty, but it was too hot to run around and investigate properly. Most of what was exciting about...

East of Eden

We set out yesterday on the Big Grand Adventure of Driving Really Far, aka taking our time relocating from the uttermost west (LA) to the slightly further east (Boston). I still can’t believe that I’m leaving California after 11 years. I also can’t...

If Only

This is the Google News page I wish I got to see in the morning.