I say, HEY! and the rest of them just grumble on.

If you ask me to recommend any books to read, I’d ask you what books you’ve liked. There are, however, major gaps on my bookshelf. I sometimes wish I could click a button and poof, they’d all appear and have been read at least twice over. This, I’m afraid, is not the case. The Stranger is so short but I just haven’t had the chance to sit down and dive into it. After the Stranger… what next? There’s too much and too little to choose from.

I finished reading the Time Traveler’s wife (finished, since I read quite a bit of it when it first came out but never could find the time to read it through. Must have been something going on like SATs or finals) on our family vacation in Canada. I think back on the place we picked out and on how restfully the vacation was spent - Lovely. It was a small little house with lots of grass around and a small rocky beach just in front of the house. Kelp beaches and little coves scattered about a short drive away and amazing seafood in the city (which sometimes feels too far away but always worth the trip). And the maple glazes and marinades I experimented with all throughout the trip. Maple syrup is a very nice compliment to any meat I can eat (I’m fairly certain maple beef would be a little weird). It was a good choice to rent a house for a week instead of hotel hop… it’s restful, it’s fun, it’s exciting, and it feels like I’ve been transported somewhere new and I’m not just visiting.

now to pack, or maybe just to think about it some more.