http://deepmuckbigrake.com Deep Muck Big Rake Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was about 8 when I went to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida, just after it first opened. I wore knee-high socks with a long-sleeved pink velvet dress. In Florida. This one. But, hey, it was my favorite dress and apparently all the rage in amusement-park fashion. I remember waiting in ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/12/believe/ We just read Pinkalicious by sisters Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann. We enjoyed Goldilicious so much that we wanted to read this one, which was actually published first. Now, we'll just have to get our hands on Purplicious, and our "licious" life will be complete. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/10/books-pinkalicious/ We just read Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (who also did the collages). It's the children's version of Three Cups of Tea, which I read two years ago. It tells the story of building a ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/09/books-listen-to-the-wind/ I just finished reading Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber. What a great mystery and thriller! I read her book Crescent (enjoyed it very much), which had a completely different feel to it. Abu-Jaber is a wonderful writer. I love her descriptions. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/08/books-origin/ Did you know there's a Little House on the Prairie Cookbook? It's called The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories by Barbara M. Walker and illustrated by Garth Williams. This would be a great addition to our Little House library. Anne-Marie Nichols wrote about it at ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/07/books-little-house-on-the-prairie-cookbook/ We watched Elling last night. I'm trying to remember who recommended it, but it was someone on Twitter. Anyway. Great recommendation. It's a Norwegian film directed by Petter Næss and based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel from 1996, Brødre i blodet (Blood Brothers). We enjoyed the movie. It was very funny ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/07/movies-elling/ Know what's really good? This. Know what makes it taste even better? This. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/07/kringla/ My son will be studying money at school again, and he's supposed to bring four quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 25 pennies Monday. Wouldn't you know it? I just took in a huge bag of coins to the bank the other day. The kids bought me a Wii remote ... http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/06/penny/ So I'm on page 13 of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, thoroughly enjoying myself and the way she writes, thinking, "Hey, I really like this author." Can anyone tell me why I've never read her before? Ah well. At least now I know what I was missing. http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/06/books-animal-vegetable-miracle/ And ... let the spring fever begin! http://deepmuckbigrake.com/2010/03/06/melting/