Terrific Review
If any of you are members of BookBrowse, a Judy Krueger posted a terrific review of Prospero Regained! http://www.bookbrowse.com/mag/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/2630/prospero-regained Here are two excerpts: “Prospero Regained is the final book in L. Jagi Lamplighter’s Prospero’s Daughter trilogy. The entire series is an impressive feat of fantasy writing that challenges the accomplishments of such bestsellers as China…
Nano No Nano
First…I hope to download my daughter’s Halloween pictures today and upload a few of them here. The kids were peepin’ adorable this year. The girls particularly. Ling Shan did her face up with Halloween makeup and looked exactly like one of those Chinese demon masks. She was adorable. Ping-Ping was the cutest mauve pirate in…
“Black Children” — The Children China Pretends Are Not There
House or Apartment needed
Just discovered two friends were living in their car. They applied for an apartment they could have afforded (barely) but were turned down on credit. I’m letting they stay here, but we already have seven people living here. So, they need something more permenant and quickly. Does anyone have suggestions of places we could look…
Miss B Vindicated!
O’ happy day! Calloo! Callay! Miss B, the Cherubim’s wonderful teacher, who was arrested last year on charges of child abuse, is now free. The judge dismissed the case. While this has been a horrible experience for her, Miss B is just astonished at the extraordinary outporing of support from parents of children she has…
Bunk Beds Ahoy!
Wonderful friends from church arrived on Thursday with a bunk bed, a mattress, and brightly colored bedding for Ling Shan. It took us until yesterday to get it set up, but now the girls are settling in, much happier with beds than on the floor or downstairs. The first thing that happened with the bunk…
