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Category Archives: Personal blog
November in Books
It is a strange thing that books do not appear more regularly on this blog. I am a librarian and a writer – I eat, sleep and even dream books. Seriously. I dream in punctuation. I also review books, recommend books, push books on unsuspecting friends, force them down my family’s throats with high-pitched, hystericalContinue reading “November in Books”
Principles Or Your Child: Choose one.
AAARGH. I think this has been the longest since I’ve written. Why? Because September went from 0 to 60 and October decided that wasn’t fast enough either. I am looking at a schedule where my daughters have activities 4 days a week after school and I seem to have at least two nights a weekContinue reading “Principles Or Your Child: Choose one.”
Style: A Conversation
Okay. This is getting ridiculous. I haven’t posted for two weeks but I swear it isn’t because I have nothing to say. No. I always have something to say. More like I have too many things to talk about and my need to deal with only one issue per post, combined with June craziness andContinue reading “Style: A Conversation”
In Praise of My Marriage
It’s funny. I can talk about my children, about puberty, about pin worms and yet I have difficulty talking about my marriage. Why? Because it works. I don’t know how or why, but not only does it work, it gets better with every year. We are at the stage in our lives right now whereContinue reading “In Praise of My Marriage”
Oh, If I had a Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle
For all of view who receive this by email, click here to view this post in its natural habitat. I need a taser. I have been thinking about this for a long time, like almost a week now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that people would be more apt to come around to myContinue reading “Oh, If I had a Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle”
How to make your daughter cry
For those of you who get this in the mail, you can view this blog here. My daughters came home this week with a sheet of paper announcing that they had a “family homework”. This family homework was to look up information on biodiversity and think of two questions and then answer them (a flawedContinue reading “How to make your daughter cry”
Breaking Up is Hard to do: Etiquette on Leaving Your Piano Teacher
This post is going to be chock full of lessons, so you might want to get your notepad and pen out and jot down a few notes for future reference. Nah. I’m just kidding. These lessons are probably the kind that only I needed to learn. You know- the ones where you feel like youContinue reading “Breaking Up is Hard to do: Etiquette on Leaving Your Piano Teacher”
Tip on how to keep talking to your kid: Read What Your Kid is Reading
I thought I was the only one. Well no, I guess I hadn’t thought about it at all. And come to think of it, thinking you’re the only one of anything is pretty darn presumptuous, so I retract that first statement without actually retracting it otherwise I would have no way to begin this post…Continue reading “Tip on how to keep talking to your kid: Read What Your Kid is Reading”
How to use the power of your mind to get chicken pox
Spring break was the first week of March this year. The Thursday before, the night before my daughter’s final ski day and their first day of vacation, I get home to find my youngest on her father’s lap complaining of a headache. We notice a spot on her forehead and I ask her to pullContinue reading “How to use the power of your mind to get chicken pox”
Lina Branter 