Author Archives: Kat
Drawn to Read
Ward Sutton, whose cartoons and illustrations I first encountered in the pages of The New Yorker, writes a monthly column for the Barnes & Noble Review. His December column was a series of postcards highlighting the most notable books of 2010 … Continue reading
Did you learn something today?
On December 31, the last day of 2010, I read an interesting OpEd piece in the New York Times. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist I first encountered through his 1970 book on migraine, wrote a wonderful essay about the plasticity of … Continue reading
Birthday books
Just discovered BibliOZ.com. Among other neat features, it has a search for Birthday Bestsellers. Just enter a date for a birthday, wedding, or other significant event, and BibliOZ.com returns a list of the NYT bestsellers for that week. (For dates … Continue reading
Couldn’t Concentrate on Writing
…because the need to fix the colors and header photos and layout was distracting me. So, I put off finishing the blog post and did the tweaking. More to come, but at least now I can concentrate on writing.
Lost Day
Doncha just HATE IT when interruptions ruin your day? I had it all planned out: Shower and dress Eat a healthy breakfast Drive Andy to work Spend half an hour checking out a simple display glitch on a friend’s computer … Continue reading