‘Isla, do you like America?’ ‘I love it.’ ‘Mumma used to live here.’ ‘Where? In the toilet?’ We were in the bathroom. Although, she can be sarcastic, too. Not her fault. And I should say Isla and Neil were in the bathroom. I can’t even fit myself in most accessible stalls, let alone go with my kid, so Neil was on bathroom trips while we were in NY. They were in the bathroom and I was enjoying an iced cinnamon…
The first thing we thought about when planning THE TRIP was finding a wheelchair-accessible place to stay on Long Island. I love my Mom, but having three extra people in her house would not be a clever thing to do. We thought about renting a room in a house, but couldn’t find a place accessible for me that was also kid-friendly. Now. I like staying in hotels. I especially like staying in hotels rooms with bathrooms I can take a…
These are ALL THE BOOKS I acquired while in NY or at the airport on the way. Airport books: The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, and Not Working by Lisa Owens. The rest of these BEAUTIES were found at B&N where I wanted to spend ALL day, and Book Revue, where we nearly did. Also, had a blind date with a book curtesy of the beautiful Biblioflames, where I could have…
Hello! Picture it: A relaxed but working writer on her laptop in a coffeeshop. Sipping coffee and eating a complicated but delicious sandwich. Inspired by the coffee shop music of various conversations punctuated by random laughter and maybe some tears. Inspired by her coffee and her complicated but delicious sandwich. Setting the scene out the window. Or at the next table. Happily caffeinated and writing words. That writer WAS NOT me. I know I said I’d be blogging throughout the…
A few days ago, I had the bright idea to open up 3 Books, 3 Blogs to some groovy guest bloggers. I’m (really) quite excited about featuring other people’s book and blog choices, and hope you enjoy them, too. Since the fam and I are off to NY THIS WEEKEND I thought we’d start with Claire at Wed In Central Park. And so here’s 3 Books, 3 Blogs from Claire…I’ve got to go pack. And ask Neil if we can…
