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…
Juss: "It's a loophole of nature. It can't be a law of nature, or it wouldn't be a loophole." Juss, who has been listening to the Ghosthunter books–which catagorize ghosts: "The average vampire loses its power in sunlight–because that is what happened to Dracula. But there aren't a lot of average vampires, oddly enough.…
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…
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