Despite Exposure to Good Writing, Blogger Has Zero Skills in Writing Things

Here is the formula for writing this blog:

1. Read a book, likely involving WW2 or other sadness categories (like being poor, diseases).

2. Somehow combine that with a rant about airlines or laundry.

3. Loosely tie in – or make no effort whatsoever to tie in – a photo of my gorgeous baby or handsome dog.

Might I be in a bit of a rut?

After reading Mindy Kaling’s book recently, I watched The Mindy Project and thought it was so funny.  I was all like “I should write a TV show!” and then immediately realized I can barely write this blog.  So, with that said…

1.  I just finished Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed by Leslie Maitland.  I did not know there was a piece of non-fiction out there that could feature World War II and Ayn Rand THE PERSON as a character, but this book did it. 

I am too lazy to summarize plotlines, but this is a unique story of escape from The Reich to Cuba, and then to the United States.  Maitland writes her mom’s biography which is an unbelievable love story that is sort of given away by the title.  This is a good book that you should read.

2. I have a lot of laundry to do!

3. This:

World's Best Baby & World's Best Dog unite for photo opp.
One more willingly than the other.