Our yearly New Years Letter: 2012 was an intriguing year for us with many blessings and a few setbacks. The highlight of the year—perhaps of the decade—for me was a trip to China with Ping-Ping for Chinese New Year last January. Words cannot express the wonder or the magic of this trip—two and a half…
Decidedly odd living in a generally clean house. I can walk around the dining room table! Definitely a new experience. Also, in the last week, Orville has cleaned two bathrooms, vacuumed three sections of the house and swept a floor. — amazing what making him earn his computer watching time does!
Haven't written my annual New Year's Letter yet. I will. In the meantime, 2012 was both a wonderful year and a very hard one. I am both happy to be onto the next one, and mildly disappointed, as if I missed something I had been waiting for. Maybe I had odd expectations, since the date…
Saw the Hobbit. Many years ago, when I was ten, my cousin told my father about two authors I might like: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. My father bought the books and kept them in his office, which was downstairs. Every week, when I did my chores, I would get one. Occasionally, I would sneak and…
Here is the link to Misty' Massey's answers: http://madkestrel.livejournal.com/208084.html
God bless you, Every One!
End of the Mayan Calendar? No! The Elf King alphabetized his Wii games. By himself. No one told him to do this. Or even suggested it. Surely, the End is Near… Or a wondrous new beginning!
Sometime about a week or two ago, I woke up from NaNoWriMo and realized I was living in a truly terrifying state of disarray. There were malebolges in Hell more pleasant than my house. On top of that, a friend donated all sorts of stuff to me when she moved. Something had to be done.…
The Next Big Thing is a round robin effort to promote authors new works. Here is mine. Below are some links to others…or at least to their websites: What is the working title of your book? The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel – Volume Two of: The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin Where…
The wonderful Christmas largess from my father-in-law has arrived. Juss finally will receive his well earned DS…which he's waited for for years. So…I need to buy a DS and a laptop for my daughter…any suggestions as to where or what? I was going to get Ping-Ping a used model…but she wants to pay for part…