Thanks be to books – November 2012

Books to read

I’ve been devoting more time to reading lately and have been getting recommendations from here and there. Above are the books I’ve added to my “to-read” list this month. The one exception is the “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” which is a “to-listen” rather than “to-read” because @meshuggeknitter said it was great in audio.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
The Freedom Maze: a novel by Delia Sherman
The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places by Klara Glowczewska
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik

What have you added to your “to-read” list?

Post Thanksgiving Menu – what to do after turkey day

On the menu potluck salad

I was asked to bring my “potluck salad” for Thanksgiving – lucky me! So easy!

After the big meal with the family and all the Turkey day traditions, I am lucky enough to have three days off. I’m not they type that enjoys the Black Friday sales so I’m looking at a very welcome bit of down time. A few things on my weekend “menu:”

Reading:
Telegraph ave.
Currently, I’m enjoying “Telegraph Avenue” (Chabon)

… and am learning about “The power of habit” (Duhigg).

Knitting:
I just cast on for some “toasties” and am working on the leg of sock number one of a toe-up version of the a pair of tesserae socks.

Photography:
The last of the SOAR photos need to get weeded and posted.
Take a “photowalk” around town.

Cooking, making, baking…:
Try a new recipe using the pears from our farmbox.
Maybe the “caramel pear cranberry cake” from the November issue of Sunset – made in a crock pot – bonus!

Other:
I hope to participate in “Small Business Saturday” and find some new etsy sellers to support.

Nap!

See a movie: “Lincoln” or “Wreck it Ralph” (or both).

Football: It can’t be Thanksgiving weekend without football.

Instagram now has web profiles – got yours?

I’ve never been a fan of what I see to be the overfiltering of photos on instagram but have recently found it an easy way to share a few photos here and there. So I was happy to hear that they now have a web interface.

My instagram web profile

I like the rotating header and how it groups the photos below by month. Would make a good way to feature NaPicPoMo, no?

No surprise that my profile contains copious amounts of food, knitting, and kitty picture and lego minifigs.

If you’re on instagram just go to http://instagram.com/[username] to see how you look on the web.

You can find me at http://instagram.com/cheekyattitude
But don’t expect to see images using those 1970s filters, I’ve got enough old faded and washed out pictures because of age and have no desire to create false ones.