Doom just looks cooler on the page than Dread does. ;-(   Somethings, one just loses….

I got this today. Dating the Monsters is my essay on why vampires and werewolves are the Go To heroes for modern romances. (It is also about the Anita Blake series.) The full name of the essay is: Dating the Monsters: Why It Takes A Vampire or A Werewolf To Win The Heart of the…

Juss took all his Christmas money and allowance and bought two radio operated Beyblades, one for him and one for his brother. He LOVED his.   He had it for less than a day, took it outside before I got up on Saturday morning, it got muddy and he…washed it. Now it doesn't work.  …

Yesterday evening, I sent the older boys upstairs to get ready for Scouts. I had put the Cherubim's hat and scarf in his drawer…not where they usually were. He came down a little later, dressed in his uniform shirt and pants, all by himself, and said in  his backwards breathy voice (he breathes in instead…

Here's a picture of the famous Chinese $4.75 boots:  

I am up for an award, which is cool. But so are a lot of other really good books. ;-)   Still…if you would like to vote, here is the link: The David Gemmell LEGEND Award for Fantasy   I welcome votes from people who loved Prospero Regained. If you did not, vote for the…

So, I did a bit of cleaning yesterday…even a stopped clock is occasionally right, and all that…plus Juss has a birthday party Sunday and Monday (yes…you read that right.) This morning I came down to get something and…I could see the table. I could walk through the hall, and I could walk into the kitchen,…

We went to the musical. It was at the church that ran the Mom's group I used to belong to, so I immediately ran into friends. The boys LOVED it, especially the "not the status quo" countersong that is only in the Jr. version. When it ended, everyone in the audience stood up and clapped,…

Today, I was at Juss's school, and I happened to walk by a sign for the musical our family wanted to see tonight —High School Musical JR. put on by a local Christian private school. To my dismay, I saw that the price of the tickets was $12. Using the magic of math, I deduced…