Got out of my car at my favorite deli today and heard rude, cursing talk. Looked around to find the annoyance and a guy had left his car running while he went into the store. Not only that, he had left his MUSIC running, which was loud, rude, rap music, cursing out bitches, etc.
Frommer's Florence, Tuscany and Umbria, 5th ed, by John Moretti, (C2006) - Read most of this on my Nook. 1st edition Nook does not do well with nonfiction books. I think pictures were ommited, at least there were some captions that did not seem to sit well with the other text. I don't mind old travel books. I was trying to get myself excited about my upcoming trip to a house in Tuscany. (Isn't that every American's dream?) It was particularly MY dream, but, hey, I need an excuse to go on a trip. I took some notes and then had to type them up, along with some Italian vocabulary. Most of it I will forget, but maybe something will stick.
The invention of wings, by Sue Monk Kidd - The book was engaging in varying degrees. Glad I stuck with it! Sad and upsetting stuff about slavery. Fictional treatment of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, who grew up in slave-holding Charleston in the Mid 1800's. They were inclined to be against it. The book details the problems the sisters had in trying to stand up for their beliefs. Their parents were really unhelpful. Even the QUAKERS were unhelpful, although I guess they came along eventually. In alternating chapters, the story is told from the viewpoint of Sarah and her slave, Handful. The portrayal of slave culture in a city was unusual and appalling. Making their views more unwelcome were the fact that they were women. I laughed, I cried and was delighted to learn more about the Grimkes. I had heard some of this information in a play I went to see at the Painted Bride in Philadelphia (If she stood). The author learned of these women from The dinner party art work by Judy Chicago.
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