“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Bold and adventerous
All the best children adventure stories have one critical thing in common. From the following sampling, see if you can guess what it is. The Chronicles of Narnia Harry Potter Sign of the Beaver Five Children and It The Adventures of Tom Sawyer From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Percy Jackson […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Sandwich season
We are home for a sum total of one hour today, from 1ish to 2ish, the break between therapy and Girl Scouts. After Scouts, we swing by to pick up MTG and head to the ballpark for Sprite’s softball game. And since we’re trying to save money, we’re having sandwiches for dinner twice this week. […]
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Stop me before I check out again!
My “books to be read” list is always rather long, but I try to keep the “books I’m currently reading” pile short, lest I get too distracted to finish any or all of them. But sometimes the beast has a mind of it’s own. In fact, I just reserved another book at the library today. […]
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“The Lion all began with a picture…
of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself: ‘Let’s try to make a story about it.’” C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds The Chronicles of Narnia are […]
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Tales of Texas
On this day in 1836, Texas declared it’s independence from Mexico while Travis and Bowie and the other defenders were besieged at the Alamo, which would fall 4 days later. They were less than 2 months from securing the independence they declared. While Texans tend to talk slow (well, depending on the region), the story […]
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About education
A few days ago there was a rather disturbing report that U.S. schools would be encouraged to replace books like Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird with more practical informational texts like Recommended Levels of Insulation by the the US Environmental Protection Agency. (Okay, I’ve never been a huge fan of Catcher […]
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Lazy days of reading
As part of our lazy days of summer, we read a lot. We also read in the not so lazy days of spring, winter and fall, but that’s not the point of this post. Anyway, there are tons of great summer reading programs, some greater than others. Pizza Hut Book It Sweepstakes entry. eh. Half-Price […]
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Popping in
I’m not doing much blogging because life is thoroughly kicking my butt. But, I’m trying to be all Christmassy and deck the halls, falalalala, and all that jazz. One of my favorite Christmas . . . decorations? accouterments? necessities? One of my favorite Christmas things (I’m a writer, that’s what) is our basket of Christmas […]
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Well, okay then
This is disturbing. Via the Common Room. You’re Macbeth! by William Shakespeare Superstitious and possibly even paranoid, you are deeply interestedin the occult. While you present as someone with a great deal of confidence and evenarrogance, you know this front is fragile and relies on the strength of those whobuild you up. That cGMP could […]
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Bookapalooza!
Little Miss, my oldest daughter, the child who is frighteningly like me, said that she had lots of friends in books. She has friends in England and friends in China, friends from 1609 and friends who travel through time. It made my heart happy and I still have a silly grin on my face. All […]
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