Cranky Poe

A Life in the Woods

A friend of mine has a birthday coming up, and I happened to discover these beautiful copies of Henry David Thoreau's Walden and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.  He's an adventurous sort, so I think he'll appreciate the gesture.

To go along with the traveling theme, I added a boat...thing.

I'm not really sure what you're supposed to do with it, but I like weird knick knacks and it would be an interesting coffee table piece.

Goodwill Haul x2

I suppose I can't really call this a "haul", since I'm only showcasing two items and "haul" seems to denote a mass of products.

But you get what I mean, right?

As an editor part-time and a job seeker full-time, I rarely have moments to spare for luxury reading. Unfortunate but true.  ALTHOUGH, I do spend a decent amount of time book-browsing in Goodwill. You never know what treasures people willingly drop off for you to snap up. Case in point:

The A.B.C. Murders and Feminist Fairy Tales - I feel like I'm back in college! 

Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze a bit of time here and there to enjoy these.  With a cup of tea.  On a rainy day.  Glorious, yeah?