Keri Smith Guest Blogging at Penguin US this week.

(Photo from www.kerismith.com)
Check out Keri Smith's blog over at Penguin this week. I really like today's post on being different in school etc. I could definitely relate to being away/wanting to be away all of the time.

How I Discovered my Secret Powers

Very happymaking.

Excited about her new book coming out. Tomorrow???

Also, my Favourite Food.

Spent the day with my friend Alice.

I love Alice Munro. Every time I read her I'm inspired to write a short story. I think it's because she's literally so good, that reading her is like being taught the perfect form. She makes it look easy. I Highly recommend this book, I'm about halfway through. A bit sad and cynical at times, but always entertaining, and so, so Canadian.

Might be resurrecting some of my abandoned plot lines. Stay tuned.

Lady with a bald spot.

Weekend.

Have had a really good couple of days. A lot of visiting with friends, and lazy times at home. Went to see Julie and Julia last night with L and K. Amy Adams somehow looks like she belongs in my family. Like, genetically? A bit crazy, maybe. I love Meryl Streep and now really want to cook amazing french foods. Still working on mastering the art of "cooking," without any qualifier but we'll get there.

Lightselectric

Lightselectric
Originally uploaded by _stringsong

This is a test.

Turtle

I was relearning photoshop and did some very basic colouring in. It's been so long! I forgot how time consuming it is. I'm going to be putting up some more of my sketches over the next little while. Just for fun.

Lame Limericks

Silly Linny
On a lark
Got married to a question mark.
She liked his bite, she liked his bark,
but couldn't take him to the park?

Hamburglar

In line at McDonald's
buying a hamburger
I lean over the balcony
to people watch.
Over the partition
I spot a lady with a bald
spot.
I'm above her
she's below me
but only geographically.

My Cat is a Conch Shell

My cat is a conch shell
When I'm quiet I can
hear
waves
from the ocean of purrs
rolling in
purr, purr, purr
pure, pure, pure
noise waves
from inside the fur
Of my cat
the conch shell

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Dear noisy annoying lighter clicker on the bus behind my head this morning half of me wants to test out my patience and keep quiet the other half wants to test my SPEAKING UP about it.