meanwhile, Xmas!
Dec. 25th, 2010 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerThe cats made out like bandits! I got them a new tilted scratchy board, two rubbery mice infused with catnip and which you can put treat into (made of nontoxic material, as I know Nick will chew the tails off), a new sleeping pad, and two scrunchy ring-toss toys (annoyingly, cat toys always seem to come in two, which makes it difficult if you have three cats). But the present de resistance came from my downstairs friends (whose cats I'm looking after, and who look after the boyz for me when I go on trips), who sent them a turbo trackball! It has been played with continuously since I put it together--one of the best cat presents evah!
Besides the goodies I've gotten from housemates, I got some great gifts from my sister and her family. A Proclaimers CD, a Nields CD, and Tablet and Pen, a collection of Middle Eastern literature. I heard the author, Reza Aslan, on NPR promoting it, and right away I knew I wanted to read it. So thanks Lee, Cornelia, Theo, and Simon! :-)
BTW, I think the organization that published Tablet and Pen, Words Without Borders, is pretty cool; check them out if you have a chance.
A pretty laudable set of activities, IMO. And they're a nonprofit arts organization, sure to be hurting in the current climate, so if you have any year-end giving you were still thinking about, you might consider them.
Besides the goodies I've gotten from housemates, I got some great gifts from my sister and her family. A Proclaimers CD, a Nields CD, and Tablet and Pen, a collection of Middle Eastern literature. I heard the author, Reza Aslan, on NPR promoting it, and right away I knew I wanted to read it. So thanks Lee, Cornelia, Theo, and Simon! :-)
BTW, I think the organization that published Tablet and Pen, Words Without Borders, is pretty cool; check them out if you have a chance.
Words without Borders translates, publishes, and promotes the finest contemporary international literature. Our publications and programs open doors for readers of English around the world to the multiplicity of viewpoints, richness of experience, and literary perspective on world events offered by writers in other languages. We seek to connect international writers to the general public, to students and educators, and to print and other media and to serve as a primary online location for a global literary conversation.
They publish an online magazine, produce anthologies like T&P, andFinally, Words without Borders is building an education program in order to expose students at both the high school and college levels to a broader spectrum of contemporary international literature. Our goal is to provide content and resources fostering the use of contemporary literature in the classroom. We hope that in reaching out to students we can create a passion for international literature, a curiosity about other cultures, and help cultivate true world citizens.
A pretty laudable set of activities, IMO. And they're a nonprofit arts organization, sure to be hurting in the current climate, so if you have any year-end giving you were still thinking about, you might consider them.
