A Good Book and a Hot Cup of Tea...

... are my two weaknesses. Most recently I've finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It's a beautifully written book detailing a year in the food life of Kingsolver and her family. It will make you rethink your eating habits--even if you already consider yourself to be a fairly conscientious eater. Her descriptions of food and gardening will make your mouth water and your hands feel the need to dig into dirt--even if you're not typically the dirt digging type. I must admit I'm terribly jealous of her heirloom tomatoes. The deer ate our not so heirloom but still homegrown tomato plants--I'm still stinging from that one. However, we have some very kind church friends who are passing some of their tomato abundance along to us. I LOVE homegrown tomatoes. Any others aren't worth the energy required to bite into them.
Another good book I recently read is The Unschooling Unmanual. Whether you homeschool, unschool, are considering it, or are just curious, it's a good read. It's a compilation of short but passionately well written essays on how children were created to learn.
So, now I've picked up The Kite Runner. I figured I needed to throw a novel into the summer mix. Plus it was on the buy one get one half off table where I also found Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. So far it's keeping my interest. We'll see. Let me know what your summer-or for that matter fall, winter, and spring--reading recommendations are. I always enjoy finding out what other people are reading.
Oh, and lets not forget the tea. I'm always up for a good cup of Earl Grey, but there's a lady at a not-as-local-as-I-wish-it-was farmers market who makes a fabulous blend of lavender chamomile herbal tea. So what I drink depends on how caffeinated I wish to be.