lululu

Bryan and I got it together enough on Friday to make it out to the beach, but aside from that we’ve just been at home, bouncing from one lazy activity to the next: dabbling in low-commitment home improvement projects, shucking a few oysters, catching up on blogs, experimenting with beer cocktails (3 parts hefeweizen + 1 part ginger beer + squeeze of lemon and a mint sprig = summer goodness in a glass), shopping for just the right apricot off our rapidly ripening tree, etc etc etc. I think I’m currently reading 6 books, including “1776″ for its 4th of July relevance.

But Nicholas Kristof’s latest column and associated blog post on the best books for children made me want to go reread my own childhood favorites (though I can’t read those precise books since I left them all with my classroom library). Madeleine L’Engle, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis—oh my!

Speaking of Kristof, I also loved his short video on “Covering a Global Crisis,” edited by our very own Clare Major.

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