This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka Philosopher’s Stone). Kind of frightening to think this was first published 18 years ago in 1997. I feel old! What I Love about This Cover: Harry Potter looks Read More…
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Splendor Review Publisher: Space Cowboys # of Players: 2-4 Best with: 3 Playing Time: 30-40 minutes # of Expansions: 0 We needed a quick game to fill a gap of gaming time, and Mox Boarding Read More…
For this week’s Flashforward Friday: Titanium Bones–the Beginning of New Bodies? This week I read about a cancer patient receiving a titanium rib cage, which amazed the hell out of me. Basically, this man in Spain had to have his Read More…
Reviews are (almost) always good, but sometimes you get a 5-star review that reminds you of why you write. Days like today when my to-do list is too long and The Bloggess makes me cry, these are the days I Read More…
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks What I Love about This Cover: It’s definitely an old school fantasy cover. I mean, just look at that sword. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: It’s Read More…
Dear Irving ISD, (No, scratch that.) Dear Every School in America (but mostly Texas), I grew up in Texas. I graduated high school and married my husband in Texas. And after that, I taught middle school for 12 years in Read More…
I figured it was time for a moving update… We spent two days moving into our temporary housing, which is longer than it should ever take someone to move into a furnished place. We’d load up as much as would Read More…
I’ll probably avoid Facebook today, if for no other reason than I’m insanely busy having just moved, but I will also avoid it because of the profound grief and anger that lives online on 9/11. Everyone has their opinions and Read More…
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl What I Love about This Cover: It’s cartoon-ey and fun, much like the book at a surface level read. What I Don’t Love about This Cover: There are Read More…
This week’s Flashback Friday: Moving…. Rather than a lengthy Flashback Friday post on something literary, I’m going to Flashback to our first day in Seattle, WA… No, not the 21-year-old college students who visited Seattle briefly to check out the Read More…
