I'm relieved to announce that my little niece Seana had some minor surgery (tubes placed in her ears) and has come through well. I think that a predisposition towards ear infections must be genetic. I suffered from constant ear infections as a child, and so has Seana, having like 6 before her first birthday. Whereas Corie (Seana's sister) has had less than a handful of them. Interesting, no?
I've recently finished this year's Pulitzer prize winner for fiction, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was an excellent book. The story centers on Cal Stephanides, a person who is genetically a man but due to hormone problems was born with female characteristics. The novel traces Cal's family back to a small town in Turkey to try to explain where this mutant gene came from. I definitely recommend this book.
And I'm still one of the few who hasn't yet gotten the new Harry Potter we'll get it eventually, but I already found out some plot information on the web. I'm such a snoop--I can't stand suspense. I realized that I need to go re-read books 3 and 4 as I've forgotten who many of the characters are!
Posted by Shelby at June 24, 2003 02:30 PM