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…
Today's picture. Winner posted Wednesday:
Me: "John, if there were a prize for 'most dramatic kid' we could so ace that." John: "I don't know. The son of the evil banker in Despicable Me was pretty dramatic. And he had a really big gun." Me: "Jooooohn….he's not real?" John: "I'm not entirely convinced Juss is real either."
Yesterday, on our walk back from the grocery store, John was discussing the steps in his journey from Sixties 'anything goes' morality to being a Catholic with the Talking Boys (and the Cherubim, but he wasn't paying attention. The Princess had stayed home.) John: "…because I realized that once you give a girl your…
Had trouble picking a winner this week. Lots of good responses! (Go check them out here.) After the last tragedy, Bo Peep wasn't taking any more chances. Honorable mention to: Oh, ewe
Oh…this made me laugh. I've been hearing about the title Concubine Vector for years. John made it up before he started the series. This possible cover, concocted by John, made me laugh so hard:
Today, the Cherubim asked to go to the train station, so we went. We did all our favorite traditions. Walked on the tracks, smelled the wood and tar, climbed on the caboose, went to the one room museum, ate at Fosters, even watched two trains go by. We saw a truck that could convert from…
This week's amusing picture for captioning:
Blog interview at the site fo Lisa Matthews Collins…go by and say hi. ;-) http://lisacollins.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/l-jagi-lamplighter/
This week's winner: "I lost my Kindle so I had to replicate the paper version."