This one is pretty self-explanatory…I don’t even know who I would be without them.
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Gratitude is a slippery thing; very hard to keep a grip on. One moment I am deeply grateful for how lovely my life is. The next I’m swearing a blue streak at the idiotic computer that won’t load. With a number of personal and family highs and lows I decided that I need to spend […]
It’s been a glorious summer. Truly wonderful. Small Daughter and Large Son are at an incredible age where they relish their independence but also enjoy time with us, the parental units. They can keep up in the big waves, and on the big trails. We had a blast. It looked a lot like this: And […]
It’s a lot of this: Some of this: A little of this: Some of this: And a couple of these: HAPPY SUMMER!!!!
It’s another Road Trip Wednesday, and I’m on the road with the good folks of YA Highway. Today’s question: Who in your life has most inspired your writing? Well, that’s both easy and a little bit hard. I mean, when I’m writing YA hot and heavy romance I can’t help thinking of the Husband, […]
So I, along with bazillions of others in the blogosphere, am reviewing a banned book today at the invitation of the fabulous Tahereh and the Rejectionist – two amazing book bloggers. Without further ado… *Tension builds. Weak women faint. Strong men fall down* TA-DAH! The amazing Robie Harris’s deeply dangerous and controversial books, It’s Not […]
Three things: 1) Small Daughter turned seven this weekend and I am realizing anew that time only flows one way, i.e. she will not be six ever again and my days of being able to grab her and pick her up and squeeze her until she squeaks are limited; 2) Large Son had his first […]
I had written a rather moving post about the first Tuesday after Labor Day, about going back to school. It was lovely and included memories of 20 years ago, when I started university, and a discussion of Large Son’s distress at giving up summer freedoms. I also tied the first day of school in to […]
Loss
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My grandfather died last week, at 92. He was a glorious man; funny, intelligent, curious, and deeply, deeply kind. He was passionately interested in nature, the universe and the unknown and emerging world of science. He would sometimes burst forth at random moments with facts about the Emperor Penguin or Mars, a habit that we […]
What a week. Small Girl is home at “camp mom” this week, which I had envisioned as a lovely, end of summer gift to both of us where we could go to the beach, eat copious ice cream cones, and generally enjoy each others’ company. Instead I have been dealing with two cars that are […]
