This has been a great week all the way around, lots of reading and running and baking and also did you know it's almost Christmas? I'm freaking out in a good way. I don't know…
The Gift of the Magi(cian)
When I started reading Harry Potter to the kids this summer I knew remarkably little about what was in store. (Kind of surprising since there is a lot of Harry Potter in the tap water.)…
It’s the most @#$%! time of the year
I think I made it to the summit of my annual Christmas frenzy nervous breakdown and am making my way back down to earth. Every year I tend to go a little overboard, and make…
You’ll freeze your warts off!
I'm one of those people who's always cold. I need a sweater if it's under 75. You know when you open the oven to check on a roast and you get blasted with hot air?…
Berthe Erica Crow!
"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that) but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!" These opening lines of The Westing Game still pop into my head anytime I need to remember which…
The week in review
Got a lot of reading time this week. Lucky me! I'm trying to get as much in as I can since I don't know how much time I'll have while the kids are on winter…
Would you like to see our reserve list?
I'd been in quite a slump lately, not liking anything and starting to wonder if it was me. Then I started Tiny Little Thing, my 3rd Beatriz Williams, and finally! I like something! I didn't…
The gift that keeps on giving
It was a lovely day in Vancouver BC, June of 2001. Rich and I had just ridden the Skyride at Grouse Mountain and were feeling a little thirsty. We found a little snack stand, and…
The week in review
Such a busy week, with the race and Dash's birthday, plus I was actually liking things this week so I took my time. My library stack is very very high right now which is making…
Dear Raina
Lucy had a class assignment to write a letter to an author. She chose Raina Telgemeier. (Full disclosure: she would have chosen Erin Hunter but that's not an actual person.) Dear Raina, Of your books,…