by Gloria Oliver | Oct 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
www.hungersite.comI’ve been going to this site for years and clicking on the buttons as well as the associated non-profit organizations on the other tabs. For a few seconds of my time, each day, I’ve done a little thing that might turn out to mean big...
by Gloria Oliver | Oct 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
At least once a year, I go with a friend to a musical. This years big musical was Wicked. Wicked is based on a book which takes an alternative view to the actual facts that worked events up to where you see them in the Wizard of OZ. (So I would not suggest you take...
by Gloria Oliver | Oct 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Which is now an animated film by Miyazaki — for those not in the know he is Japan’s version of Walt Disney).As with all her works, Howl’s is a quick read which draws you into the world almost...
by Gloria Oliver | Sep 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
Just recently I was reading a book a friend lent me and told me I just had to read. What was funny was how he told me the first 3 books were great, but the ones after weren’t worth it. Didn’t sound like something I would want to get into, yet since he went...
by Gloria Oliver | Sep 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
I got to learn a new word not long after the Labor Day weekend. It was Cellulitis. Cellulitis is a skin infection — considered a serious condition. Seems you can pick it up from a bug bad, a shaving nick, a small cut, just about anything. And boy you will notice...
by Gloria Oliver | Aug 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
Perdido Street Sation by China MievillePerdido means lost, which is kind of fun to think about in a city mired with as much new/old/rich/poor/hate/love/corruption as New Crobuzon is. Mieville goes to great length to entrench the reader in all the details of the city...
