Maybe I just needed to post once to get my posting-groove back on. Inspiration abounds!
Reading about Mary Beth’s kitchen renovation project made me chuckle. She writes, “[her husband] Iain has 10 days to get this done, because then the last Harry Potter will arrive and he won’t be doing anything but breathing and reading until he’s finished it.” I can totally relate. We have our calender cleared for next weekend and that’s a feat in itself.
As we have with the last few Harry Potter books, David and I plan to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
aloud to each other, taking turns as our voices start to go. We love this ritual: sharing the book together and really savoring it, because reading aloud forces us to absorb each and every word (we can’t skim ahead!).
I feel bittersweet about this final book. I cannot wait to hang out with my favorite characters, yet dread the end of the series and saying goodbye to this wonderful world.
Can TOTALLY relate!! The last book came out when I had just arrived in Paris…thank god for WH Smith and I was a reading vegetable for nearly a week. It was about the same time that Matthieu got a Play Station 2 as a present so we were both in our own little worlds :)
hey carrie full of pounds of peaches –
:-p
saw you were loving dar williams – very cool, i dig her pretty hard. you have to check out the end of the summer album and her new one is good too. i get goose bumps thinking about her stuff! also, check out mason jennings..he’s got songs up on myspace and I think he’s just incredible…you dont find stuff as good as his too often
sounds like you guys are having a lovely summer. enjoy!
hugs
aviva
ps i only shop at trader joes and whole foods and the farmers markets around here…def expensive but worth it :)