Book Worm: The Grapes of Wrath
I’m mad that I never had The Grapes of Wrath as a reading assignment at school, and surprised that no one suggested I read it outside of the classroom…
I’m mad that I never had The Grapes of Wrath as a reading assignment at school, and surprised that no one suggested I read it outside of the classroom…
I’m working on ten small canvases that will be painted by Jersey Cares volunteers and then hung in a local high school. It was more difficult than I thought it would be to come up with ten designs within a week, but I’m enjoying the process (and I’m just about finished!).
The best part of going to Buenos Aires is that it’s given me a real push to start learning Spanish again. And alfajores. I’ve been trying to use Mafalda to practice reading Spanish, while simultaneously savoring the alfajores I brought home (and also found in Union City. Yum!).
Last week, I was in Buenos Aires, Argentina on a meetup with my coworkers at WordPress.com. We stayed in San Telmo, not far from the river and smack dab in the middle of the weekend antique market. Coming from a seemingly never-ending winter in New Jersey, the end-of-summer weather in Argentina was such a welcome relief.