Now playing on our fridge: This collection reflects much of mine and my family's passions, if we could only add "Yay! Techy stuff!"
On Christmas morning, each of us Wells found a different Yay! LiFE! magnet in our stocking. As they congregated on our fridge later in the day (undoubtedly holding out hope for a bite of yay! sausage balls! or yay! eggnog!), I realized that they are an astonishingly simple but enthusiastic expression for most of the passions in my life:
Yay! Books! was in my stocking and of course represents my love for reading and writing both prose and poetry.
- Favorite fiction I read in 2011: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Favorite nonfiction: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Favorite poetry book: The Color of Lost Rooms by Irene Latham (which I blogged about here)
Yay! Music! was in my son Matthew’s stocking, representing his strong commitments to marching band and choir at school and church. But of course we’re ALL plugged into music in various ways, including Mike, who built me, yes, built me, an upright, 4 string washtub bass this fall. (Photo below, and more about it in a future blog). [Read more...]
