Did I Waste Time Over Break?

I truly value these long breaks because I finally have a chance to disregard time and schedules. I rarely check my watch (yes, I still own one), and I relish being able to read to my heart's delight. I knocked out the following books:

Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
I downloaded this from The South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative -http://sjrlc.lib.overdrive.com/70C7C4D1-9D2E-4185-922F-C40BD83D317E/10/420/en/Default.htm
This is a book that I found more poignant and gripping than even The Kite Runner. Read the review; it won't ruin the novel for you:
http://www.hclibrary.org/highlyrecommended/?p=3579



The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
My mom had recommended this autobiography a few years ago. Jeanette Walls recounts the grinding poverty she coped with as a child, a poverty brought on by the nomadic lifestyle of her parents, loving but utterly irresponsible people, dreamers who bounced from town to town, raising their children with no structure. Several scenes turned my stomache.

On Thursday, I took my son and his friend to The Penn Museum http://www.penn.museum/, an awe-inspiring place packed with artifacts from around the world -- Rome, Africa, Greece, Mesopotamia, Canaan, Asia --- many of which were over 4000 years old. I cherry-picked loads of ideas for when I roll out the Greek Mythology Unit for my freshmen.

When Friday rolled around, I thought it was high time to take my daughter to the Philadelpia Museum of Art to see the the Michaelanglo Pist0letto exhibit. Check out the link and be sure to scroll down to see this amazing artist's work.
http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/412.html?page=2