Quote de jour
"Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about."

I'm paraphrasing Ben Franklin here but it sums up my goal this year. I am blessed to live in Westchester County which has probably the best library system in the country. I order whatever I like online and pick it up from any branch I like. New and popular best sellers may have a longer wait but not always. Normally,I have have anywhere from two to (horrors) eight books waiting for me but yesterday, there were none. It's always a feast or famine of books. I had to make do with some magazines, but what better opportunity than to go back to a book I'd liked and never finished. Library books are gold but one's own books are treasures. There are bookcases in literally every room in my house, and every so often I pick one at random. Today's choice is Away a novel by Amy Bloom. The stunning cover hides a lush commentary on love and loss. Good book are like old friends; you can pick up where you left off, even if you haven't seen them in ages. I hope to finish it time to read her new collection of short stories out any day now. http://www.amybloom.com

My tiny stack this week includes fascinating glimpses into crass popular culture (is there any hope for us?), the sublime quirkiness of Icelandic culture: fairies, gnomes and geothermal power, oh my! and Google. Don't they already own our minds? Do you remember a time before Google, before it became a verb? Not one day goes by that Google doesn't touch my life. Makes me want to dive into the blissfully hot Blue Lagoon in Iceland and not emerge until 201???