Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee My review rating: 4 of 5 starsIndian-born Maya Mukherjee attends middle school in a small town in Manitoba. Besides struggling with the usual issues of adolescence (including pimples and braces), Maya straddles the line between the two cultures, with neither foot firmly planted in either one. Maya yearns to belong. [...]
April 23rd, 2009
A Bump in the Road
Alas, I have hit a bump in the road. The last time I gave an update regarding climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, things were looking good. I was exercising regularly, getting stronger, and even planning to run the Tacoma City half marathon on May 3. But I caught a cold two weeks ago which has since morphed [...]
April 10th, 2009
Ai yi yi
I remember once telling someone that I had spent several months preparing for a trip to Africa in 2007. This elicited raised eyebrows, followed by an unspoken vibe: “Geez Louise. Talk about overkill. Should be a snap. All you have to do is throw clothes and toothbrush in a suitcase.” I found myself explaining, but [...]
April 10th, 2009
No Spring Chicken
Progress Update: Okay, last week I was a total superwoman. I worked out everyday at the gym, lifted weights, did the stairmaster, ran for miles on the hamster wheel, until my knees finally reminded me that I’m no spring chicken. “Hey,” my knees protested, “Just who do you think you are? A spring chicken?” So, [...]
April 9th, 2009
BONES ROCK! by Peter Larson
Bones Rock!: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Paleontologist by Peter Larson My review rating: 5 of 5 starsMost books for kids on the subject of paleontology serve up pretty much the same predictable soup full of dinosaur bones, fossils, and geological (yawn) history. Even the proposed activities can all start to sound [...]
