well, friends, sorry about the book club hiccup in february. luckily, it’s no longer february! it’s march! the cardinals are back singing their lusty red spring songs. the robins are hopping around in the sun. the daffodils are struggling somewhere under the earth to break out into the rain.

we have a brilliant and charming guest [...]

procrastination does not pay.

i’m having some technical difficulties listening to nick hornby’s story. (i know, i shouldn’t have waited until the last minute.)

i’m going to catch up, i promise, but those of you who did read it, go ahead and start talking. i’ll be there soon.

i know we chose something of a toughie for february. children of the alley isn’t exactly a saturday afternoon breeze. and, fact is, our amazing guest host who is a professor of arabic language and literature, is not only swamped with his teaching load this semester and his task of planning a study abroad program [...]