Stuff We Like
I’m Liking Something Today…
Hey all… I just posted my monthly thing I like at the Mischief Corner Books blog: Today, gay singer Jay Brannan: Once a month, the giant Stuff We Like hand turns around and points to me, and I have to decide which of the many things I like is the one to get shared this time around. This week, I had NO IDEA what to write about. I’ve done Jelly Bellies, my distant relative Elizabeth Coatsworth, Robotech, and the Italian language. What’s left? Then, like a star from heaven, one of my favorite gay singers appeared in my inbox with … Read more
I Have Liked a Thing
It’s the fourth Wednesday since my last turn at the Mischief Corner Books blog, so it must be time for me to like a new thing: My husband Mark and I live in Sacramento, the Capitol of California, and thought by many to still be a bit of a cow town. When we moved here back in 2003, it kind of was. But we were part of an influx of residents from the liberal, cultured San Francisco Bay Area. The wave of immigration brought a hunger for great cuisine and good local theatre. We started exploring, and over the years we’ve come … Read more
Stuff We Like #60: Elizabeth Coatsworth
It’s my turn over at the MCB blog to talk about something I like. Today I chose something rather special: I have long wanted to be a published author. My family has a few of us – my brother Whit Honea has written a successful parenting book, and my grandmother Joyce Peterson was a prolific playwright, writing for the children at her church that she loved. But there are no other Coatsworth authors that I know of. But there once was. There are not many Coatsworths in the world, truth be told. It’s a fairly rare name, one that passed … Read more