The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo Marjorie Richards lives on the outskirts of a small town in rural New Hampshire but even that does not account for her level of isolation. She lives with her parents, who hardly leave their small patch of land except to go to the local bar and to Pastor Schect’sContinue reading “Book Review: The Talk-Funny Girl”
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Book Review: Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff
It is that time of the year again, when I am furiously reading a certain kind of novel, that elusive species of book that can simultaneously entice a girls from the ages of 12 to 17 old, as well as all their parents and all their teachers. I know. I should just give up now.Continue reading “Book Review: Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff”
Books I Read in 2013
Inspired (okay, idea downright copied) by my friend Saleema’s Post with the exact same name. Screw originality. Who needs it anyway? Like Saleema, I belong to Goodreads. I used to track my books with Librarything, but more of my friends are on Goodreads and I enjoy all of the added bonuses on the site, oneContinue reading “Books I Read in 2013”
My Helpful Tips for Winter Running
Now that winter is officially here and we are on our second big storm of the season (I think. I’m not really counting), I spend a lot of my time thinking about the weather. More specifically, I spend a lot of time trying to divine the state of the sidewalks. You see, I like toContinue reading “My Helpful Tips for Winter Running”
Mile End Hour of Code
For the past year, I have been increasingly convinced that every kid should learn to code. Since I have daughters and I work at an all-girls’ school, my interest tends to lean toward getting girls interested in programming, but I guess boys can still learn too (before you get your knickers in a knot- IContinue reading “Mile End Hour of Code”
Black Friday: A Detective story
Black Friday: A Detective story Here it is, for the third year running! My one and only attempt at the noire detective genre…
Miscellaneous Literary Goings-On
This last couple of months have been fraught with literary activities. Here is a recap, beginning in October and ending last weekend: SCBWI Conference This year the SCBWI Canada East conference took place in Montreal! Now, I love me a good writing conference, but the SCBWI have been far and away the most useful. ThisContinue reading “Miscellaneous Literary Goings-On”
Hi! I’m Back!
So you know when you have put something off for such a long time and it gets to be so long since you have done it that a task that wasn’t that big to begin with suddenly takes on epic proportions and becomes akin to scaling a mountain instead of taking a little trip toContinue reading “Hi! I’m Back!”
Marathon: my internal debate
This last Sunday I actually did something I set out to do. I know, right? The mind boggles at the deliberateness of it all. But let’s go back in time, to another deliberate act, shall we? The day of my 39th birthday in April, I signed up for the marathon. I did this both asContinue reading “Marathon: my internal debate”
My Summer of Ceremony
Oh, it has been a while since I have last graced these pages with my inane commentary. But fear not oh 5 readers! I am back! At least until my coffee cup is drained, that is. At the beginning of summer, I spoke a little about ceremony in this post about my youngest’s graduation fromContinue reading “My Summer of Ceremony”
Lina Branter 