Last Sunday, my sister Joy surprised me with a text. “Check your email for important bulletin!” I was so intrigued I immediately opened my email. I saw this: A walking ball of fur with eyes! “Her name is Walnut.” Our other guinea pig, Moonball, is an American shorthaired cavy, so the prospect of caring for [...]
Archive for February, 2012
WALNUT THE GUINEA PIG
Posted in Pets, tagged Cavy, Guinea Pig, Pets on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
TWO POEMS BY WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
Posted in Arts & Culture, Books, tagged nobel prizewinner, Poetry on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I just found out via The New York Times today that Polish poet and 1996 Nobel prizewinner Wislawa Szymborska had passed away. I had been lucky enough to buy a copy of her book, View With A Grain of Sand: Selected Poems, several years ago at a local bookstore. Later, I found that my sister [...]
