Annie's Blog

This sore foot has had unexpected advantages, Having to rest a foot, means reading books for me. This week I found a book on a shelf with an intriguing title, The Secret Life of Bees, (by Sue Monk Kidd)  thinking I may have already read it, but luckily I hadn't. But I am sure lots of people have already read it, or even seen a movie. I didn't remember that there was a movie, until I googled it. from page 56: "Your colored woman ain't here," he said, looking at me. "I took her to hospital for stitches' She took a fall and hit her head." Took a fall, my rear end. I wanted to throw his boiled peanuts against the wall. I could not keep myself from shouting at him. "What do you mean, she fell and hit her head?" Mr Gaston looked over at Brother Gerald, that all-knowing look that men give each other when a female acts the least bit hysterical.

There's a Friday 56 that goes around sometimes,  I think I found it on Irene's Desk blog post from last week.... choose a book you are reading, TURN TO PAGE 56 AND SHARE A SENTENCE OR TWO... (no spoilers) My book is State of Wonder by Ann Patchett published in 2011 page 56: "Miss," he said, as if they had never met before. "Miss?" Marina opened her eyes. The man in the suit was shaking her shoulder, and the flight attendant was peering into Marina's face, entirely too close.  When Marina opened her eyes she was looking directly into the woman's mouth, her lipstick a thick brownish pink. Obscene. Now this small passage may not convey at all what the book is truly about, but it happens to show the manner in which it is written. Such that one can't put it down.  I must have bought this book a few years ago, and only today have I had the energy to pick it up and start reading...mainly because the last fe...

My art photography for this week!!