Skip to content Happy Friday, Lurkdom! I hope you all have splendiferous plans for the weekend. I’m going to continue to work on my word count and ponder the writing life*. I’ve been thinking a lot about first drafts. For the last two years, my writing group has been critiquing Nemesis’ sophomore effort–a novel of undetermined genre or … Read more
In case you’re not a book nerd, you might not know that it’s Banned Books Week. I think it’s important to recognize books that have been banned or challenged because they usually end up being some of the most influential books in terms of outlook or genre*. And without fail, they’re challenged because they make … Read more
Yesterday Hubby and I went to King Richard’s Faire with a few friends. KRF is the renaissance faire that happens every weekend in September and October in Massachusetts. There are only two reasons I go. Historically inaccurate costumes, and The big cat show (To be honest, if we didn’t have half off tickets courtesy of … Read more
While staying at the Real World Cottage, we had the redneck neighbors from hell. Their yard housed tetanus and their porch was loaded up with, erm, crap. They were loud. They climbed onto the roof of their cottage more than once – with one of those times in a gorilla suit. The grandmother was nice … Read more
Dear Parent,We are currently planning an in-school field trip in our sixth grade science classes, and your child is invited to participate. Please read carefully the information about this field trip, below. If you would like your child to participate, please sign the Parent Permission Form (attached) and return it by the date indicated. Students … Read more