I spent most of today with my family at my parents’ house. It was a wonderful visit! I got to meet my youngest nephew, Eli, for the first time. I was ill every time my brother and his brood came…
The Hateful Tea Party, Its True Origins, and President Obama’s Accomplishments
I was challenged in comments on a friend’s Facebook wall yesterday “provide us with a specific example of Tea Party hate ful (sic) speach and some thing good that President Obama has done for our country.” The commenters there also…
Start of the New School Year
The NaBloPoMo prompt for today: How did you feel about the start of the school year growing up? As far as I remember, I was usually excited—at least after 7th grade or so. School up to that point was so…
NaBloPoMo, Again
I’m trying NaBloPoMo again! The theme this month is “Return,” although I’m not at all sure what the heck that’s supposed to mean. I got today’s post in just under the wire, obviously—but I did post! Tomorrow I’ll try to…
Long Time, No Posts
I’ve been gone so long that I doubt anyone reads this anymore. If the feed is still in anyone’s readers, they’ll just be stunned to see something come through! I am still out here. I have notes all over the…
Review: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Of course I (along with all Jim Butcher‘s other fans) have been absolutely dying to read this book ever since finishing Changes. Sam…
Who do you trust with your children?
I keep seeing news stories about kids dying in daycare or at the hands of other people to whom their parents have entrusted them, and every time there is so much shock and rage as if people can’t believe it’s…
Review: Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
Review: Moon Fever (anthology)
Moon Fever by Susan Sizemore My rating: 1 of 5 stars This was one of those “I finished the last thing I was reading and I’m bored, what’s already loaded on the iTouch?” reads. It was on there because the…
Review: and Falling, Fly by Skyler White
and Falling, Fly by Skyler White My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sam has been after me to read this book for weeks, so as soon as I finished All Clear, I started it. This book is different from anything…