Sarah E. Moffett

What better way to reacclimatize one’s self to D.C. after being far, far away than to brave the Verizon Center for a pop-rock concert and join the salivating masses.
My excuse? My jet-lag made me do it.
Actually, it ran a little deeper than that. Breaking my personal maxim to not attend concerts in venues big enough […]

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So I’m back. And as I stare at this picture, I have to wonder what I was thinking to get on that return flight.
Moving on…
Thanks to guest bloggers Linda, Jarod, Missy, and Book Reviewer for their contributions in my absence. 
 Now it appears I must do my own thinking and writing.  Coming off ten days in the […]

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I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!There is a magic […]

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I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I’ve been circling for thousands of years
and I still don’t know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?
~Ranier Marie Rilke (The Book of […]

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Diane Mapes of CNN wrote an interesting article entitled Real Life Plot Twists of Famous Authors. I’ve included my favorite five. Enjoy bibliophiles.
1. Thomas Hardy
When British poet and novelist Thomas Hardy died on January 11, 1928, his literary contemporaries decided he was too important to be buried in his hometown’s simple churchyard.
But the good people […]

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This is the second of Paulo Coelho’s works I’ve read, and at the moment I’m fighting the urge to drive to the bookstore and buy copies of all his other books. Previous to reading “Veronika Decides to Die,” I had read his most famous book, “The Alchemist,” and loved it. Naturally, I devoured this one […]

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View from the glass-encased balcony at Ghost Bar, on the 55th floor of the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
I was in Las Vegas for a few days this week attending a conference aimed primarily at statisticians. The conference was informative enough but it was made abundantly clear, I’m sad to say, that not much […]

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I completely understand. You were sitting in your cubicle, staring at the off-green polymer weave of the crudely-placed dividing wall. ‘How long did it take to make those strands?’ you wondered, deeply concerned. ‘Did they use little people, with little hands? No, that can’t be right. But they should, it would create jobs for people […]

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Dear Gentle Readers and Bored Workaholics,
I am taking a ten day hiatus from life. In my world, “life” includes electronic equipment. In an effort not to loose your interest, I have asked several diverse and gifted guest bloggers to share their talents with you while I’m away, as well as collected a few “presents” to leave […]

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By now, almost every one has heard the story that author Patricia MacLachlan recounted at the White House this past Saturday that unofficially kicked off the 2007 National Book Festival.  (Yes, I’m still writing about it. Deal.)  For those of you that missed it, enjoy.  And if you’ve been under a rock for the past seven years, the […]

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