Spring skirts

. . . actually, they will be my summer skirts, too!

Last year, I mostly wore knee-length or slightly above skirts. I decided that I wanted to go a little longer this year, in part due to the Brit-Lindsay-whoever else debacles.

I found three (yes, three!!! it was amazing) skirts that were somewhat full and about 27-inches long (or two inches or so below the knee on me). It usually is so hard to find skirts that aren't either really, really short or down to my ankles.

Two of the skirts came from Lands' End. One is blue and the other black; they are a soft cotton/spandex knit. I found them in the overstocks section for $10 each. (I think they have almost sold out of these by now.)

The other one is denim. I found it for around $8 at Walmart (marked down).

And almost the best part? They are all extremely easy care -- machine washable on WARM.

The Book of Easter

I checked out a reprint of the 1911 edition of The Book of Easter a couple of weeks ago, looking for illustrations to use for a project. I did not find any suitable pictures(although there are some lovely, very Art-Nouveau images), but ended up reading the entire book.

My favorite parts were some of the poetry and hymns that I was not familiar with, and a short story by Zona Gale. I was impressed enough with Gale's tale that I plan to look for more by her -- her story reminded me of a mix of O. Henry and Grace Livingstone Hill.

My least favorite parts were the stories about the gods (small g) of antiquity. I did like, though, the poem "Pan is Dead."

This is embarassing to admit

I couldn't figure out how to post on the new Google Blogger until tonight. (Well, actually I tried to figure it out awhile back, was not successful, and put off trying until now.)