Camille Marchetta's Blog

• A Woman's (very) Quiet Courage

  August 14, 2009

  • Any thought of heroes, at the moment, immediately conjures up all the usual suspects: "our brave men and women in the armed forces," policemen, firemen, aid workers. And if it's become a bit of a cliché to say so, it's still impossible not (in general) to admire them and to despair of ever being able to equal their determination, their courage, their willingness to sacrifice themselves ...
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• I love my Kindle, but . . .

  August 13, 2009

  • In an article in the August 3rd New Yorker, Nicholson Baker was generally critical of the Kindle, citing among its many deficiencies, its keyboard; the sickly green/gray color of its screen; its sole font (which happens to be one he doesn't much like); the count by "location" rather than page; the absence of a back light for night reading; a too-low pixel count as well as the lack of ...
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• Blue September

  September 17, 2008

  • I had a birthday on Monday. Usually, I'm ecstatic on my birthday. It's such a great reason to celebrate my life, myself. This year, however, was different. Instead of joy, I awoke with a knot in my stomach. I'm worried about the economy, the election, the country, the world.  I can't seem to shake a feeling of dread. I'm trying, though. I have so much to be grateful for -- my family, my friends, ...
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