We went to the beach last weekend for two (2) days and I asked my kids to pack what they wanted to bring. This is what my son packed:
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In high school, when my friend Jane and I passed notes back and forth, we used code names in case our information fell into enemy hands. I went by “Magnolia.” It came from that Grateful Dead song, which I loved, but I don’t think I really thought about magnolias much until we moved to Arlington, [...] There have been a number of celebrity-type people who have died recently that I’ve wanted to write about. John Hughes, the man who directed the movies that became both the text and the soundtrack for my coming of age. Michael Jackson, who brings with him a cavalcade of bizarre, mixed emotions that are somehow chased [...] It is time once again to put my trusty numbers into my trusty hat and pick a winner of a copy of Moira Rose Donohue’s PENNY AND THE PUNCTUATION BEE. This particular hat is one of my favorites; it looks like someone got hold of the Bedazzler and went a little nuts. The sparkles [...] Today on the couch (and I need to stop saying that because it’s making me sound like a shrink) we have Moira Rose Donohue, author of two books about punctuation. And that, I’m afraid, makes her sound kind of boring. Which she most definitely is NOT. What’s more, Moira makes punctuation Not Boring. She makes [...] We had our random drawing for the Origami Yoda book last night. I figured this would count as a hat: Lordy, March is a a busy month for my friends with books! Today I am happy to welcome not just a book, but a FIRST BOOK, by Arlington’s Amy Brecount White. The story is about a girl who discovers a language that isn’t on the course list for her new school — the language of [...] The polls are long closed at Fuse # 8 for the Best 100 Chapter Books, but we can still debate as Elizabeth Bird dishes out the results, which she is doing gradually in the most thorough, thoughtful way imaginable, with lots of cover photos of various incarnations of the books you love. To vote [...] or maybe that’s minutes… When people ask me why I’m blogging I always have a hard time coming up with an acceptable answer. Because writers need a web presence? Because I want to? Often I mutter something about World Domination. And if I’m going for that, I think it’s important to bring my friends with [...] |
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