Thoughts of Spring

Hello girls,

hope you are all,

well,

BB is feeling ok,

better than ok,

this in spite,

of major personal,

upheavals,

and,

a cold.

I have had an interesting week,

first,

the delightful podcast,

experience,

WomenAloud,

with the charming and whip smart,

Shawn Marie Bryan.

Shawn Marie,

is everything I like,

about Americans,

open, giving, optimistic,

sunny,

that is the word,

that comes to mind.

Canadians,

need,

sun,

pretty desperately,

especially in,

February.

🙂

Thanks for,

the balmy breeze,

the soft Spring sun,

it has lifted my spirits,

it has,

energized,

me.

You all remember how,

a few posts ago,

I mentioned,

about being up,

for,

the Best Canadian Blog,

in the,

GLBT category.

I know these things aren’t important, but, they sure make a butch smile

Well,

I guess mentioning it,

here and on face book,

worked,

’cause I won

canadian blog awards

 

slow, swaying, happy dance to the strains of Into The Mystic

So yeah,

Spring,

and tides,

the return of warmth,

has been,

on my mind.

I have been reading,

a book,

which is terribly,

a propos.

About,

love,

romance,

climate.

A smart,

good read.

superior

Superior by Zoe Amos.

It is a romance,

but,

an adventure as well.

It is a slim novel,

yet,

it covers a lot of ground.

A love story,

tender and sweet,

between two very likable,

young women,

some intelligent discourse,

on climate change,

and,

encroaching conservatism.

The comfort and danger,

in being taken care of,

of looking to the past,

as an ideal,

of giving away our choices,

our power,

for safety.

It’s romantic,

it’s smart,

and,

it moves at,

a good brisk,

speed.

I like a romance,

that engages,

my mind,

as well as my heart.

This one did both.

A well lead and developed plot,

fun,

without being silly.

I think this is worth checking out.

I will be looking for more Zoe Amos,

in the future.

Be well ,

and may the sun,

soon,

warm you all.

Later girls,

BB

 

 

 

Pretty excited!!!

Good morning you all.

I’ve been pretty busy,

the cold is also,

back,

brrr,

yuck.

To which I say,

‘It’s February genius, what do you expect!”

I have been juggling books all week,

reading,

Study In Scarlet,

before bed,

a few pages,

every day of Susan Sontag’s On Photography,

which I am particularly,

interested in,

given my new photography,

well,

let’s call it,

what it is,

obsession

😛

almost finished,

Jeff O’Brien’s The Couch Sessions,

which I should write about,

on the weekend.

Have been enjoying,

Zoe Amos’s Superior,

an adventure romance,

which I will also be writing about,

soon.

But,

the big thing,

this week,

is the re-reading of Helene Hanff’s,

The Duchess Of Bloomsbury Street,

in preparation,

for something,

that has me major,

hyped,

excited,

nervous,

yep,

all of those,

I will be participating,

in my first podcast!

Ok,

so let me tell you about it.

On face book,

I have been part of a group,

known as:

Friends of Helene Hanff,

because of my undying love,

for her works,

especially,

as those of you, who have been following, the blog for a while, know,

84, Charing Cross Road,

which,

I believe,

may be,

my favourite book.

It certainly is the book,

I have read most often,

and,

my pleasure,

in it,

has in no way,

diminished,

with time.

So long story short,

a fellow member,

asked me to be friends,

on face book,

and,

I accepted,

I don’t always accept,

I check to see,

if we have friends,

in common and stuff,

but,

this time,

I accepted,

right away,

I liked her face.

After a few days,

she contacted me,

and,

told me about her website,

http://beabehn.com

and about her,

“Women A’Loud!”,

 

We are Women A’Loud! and We are Reading Through It!

Women A’Loud! is a weekly broadcast that spotlights women through words, writing, reading, and wit. We capture a glimpse of our world every week through a few unique segments:

and,

she asked me to,

participate in a discussion,

of,

the great Helene’s work.

I listened to some of the broadcasts,

you should too, informative and lighthearted, nice vibe,

so again,

long story,

not so short,

😛

on Sunday,

we will be skyping,

and,

the broadcast will air pretty soon.

So, that’s what I have been,

up to

🙂

I will post,

all the details,

pretty soon,

but,

I wanted to tell,

you all,

about it,

’cause it’s important to me,

and,

I thought you might get,

a kick out of it.

Later girls,

BB

**the new header is one of my pictures, the beanie was a gift from my most special someone and the bag is the absolute bomb of leather bags my sweet Renaud gave me, I call it, the photograph, Anarchist Writer***