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 […]
…morning. (With apologies and gratitude to Judith Viorst) “I went to sleep with wet hair in a ponytail and now my hair looks insane and when I woke up I realized I hadn’t set the alarm properly again and my husband dropped in and interrupted me right at a critical writing scene and making breakfast […]
This is truly funny, and truly French. (Though truly *not* for kids…when my books are out in the wild and YA readers are finding their way here I will have to go back and edit my posts). But in the meantime, enjoy. (And thanks to The Sister for sharing this with me!) YouTube – How […]
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 […]
I can’t be the only one on the East Coast who has been singing this Dixie Chicks classic for the past week. LOVE them, LOOOOVE this song. Always glad to have a reason to play it!
OMG OMG I, like, totally couldn’t, like, wait to read this! I pink puffy heart LOOOOOVE Suzanne Collins! Go Team Peeta! Oh, wait, I’m a 37-year-old grown-up. Sorry about that. Actually, I want to write about Mockingjay and violence, and why I am totally o.k. with it. When I described this book to my […]
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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 […]
