Sunday Caught My Interest

Happy Sunday everyone – Himself and I came home to a clean house and two boys that were getting along which is always a good sign. And then it was shopping and cooking for the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert in the park last night. The green bean and grilled peach salad was a hit as was the cherry limeade cupcakes. The music was phenomenal and the fellowship with good friends was the icing on the cake. The first of the youngest’s friends leaves for college in a week, youngest in three weeks, and others scattered in between so there have been lots of trips to lakes and late nights for him. Eldest is putting is room back together and doing some rock climbing in the area. And I got to go to Powells and get several books on my too read list. I was prepared so the shopping went efficiently.  On the drive home I read The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady and it was just the right touch for a ride home – areal respite read.

Not much caught my interest this week but I do have one note to share:

I have mentioned The Hare with the Amber Eyes previously but it is now available in the United States and if you enjoy non-fiction, enough of the book blogers I respect have enjoyed this book that I feel comfortable recommending it. I first heard about The Hare from Tom of a Common Reader. He includes the book in his top reads of 2010 and fully reviews the book here. Other reviews can be found at Savidge Reads and Page 247. The book is by Edmund De Waal, a British ceramic artist. He inherits a beautiful collection of 264 tiny Japanese netsuke carvings from an uncle and decides to investigate their place in the family history. It is the story of how a collection came to exist as well as the story of a family. I hear the section on how the collection survived the Nazis is one of the best parts.

Happy reading!

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