The Cherubim is sitting behind me playing with something that keeps messing up. Instead of his normal shouting of "shut up" (no idea where he got that) he has sudden taken to shouting: "Rats!" "Double rats!" "Nuts" "Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuts!" I can't stop laughing! This week is Day Week…the week when each child…
In honor of our new kittens: Chincoteague (Shinc for short) and Assateague Island (Island for short):
When I was eight, my favorite book in the world was Misty of Chincoteague. I never dreamed I would actually go there. But this magical place that still shines with the golden light of childhood joy has now become our favorite place to vacation. We could not make it there last year. The boys talked…
The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (Paperback) In fairness, I might have given this four stars, but I read a .pdf file on my Kindle with font so small I had to place the device under a slide and use my daughter's microscope to read the file. Perhaps I exaggerate (perhaps) but my eyes aren't…
(Excuse me while I put on my Dark Quest Promotional Hat) Dark Quest Books is proud to announce the following new releases: From Palomino Press and acclaimed author, L. Jagi Lamplighter, the first book on a brand new young adult series, The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin. And from award-winning authors Joe Dever and…
Weird, I put this up yesterday…but it didn't post. Okay…today, we are going to do this backwards: My son and I are finally planning to work on our puppet play: Snoring Beauty. The winner this week is the person who finds the best picture to represent Snoring Beauty. You can either put…
Yesterday, I stood in a darkened room filled with sparkling lights and watched all four of my children playing together in a moonbouncy thing at a local place called Pump It Up. Words cannot explain joy. They cannot capture those wordless moments. Watching all four children run around together, laughing and jumping, with the music…
Forgot to post this yesterday. ;-) And the winner is: The soothsayer peered at his apprentice's latest attempt to read tea leaves. "Perhaps you would have more success in a more… decorative profession?" Also, honorable mention to: Creme de Meow!
L. Jagi Lamplighter, a fantastic new voice and a fabulous new world in the YA market! Rachel Griffin is a hero who never gives up! I cheered her all the way! —Faith Hunter, author of the Skinwalker series Rachel Griffin wants to know everything. As a freshman at Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous…
Donna Farley, who gave the best lecture I've ever heard on "A Spell for the Refreshment of the Spirit", did a write up of Doxacon–the sf/religious convention held in Springfield, VA in late July. It is a lovely, poetic write-up. You can see it here: http://storyspell.blogspot.ca/2013/08/a-gathering-of-generous-spirits-doxacon.html Doxacon was one of the best conventions I…