I haven’t posted in while, but I’m back! I’ve had a busy couple of weeks, and I’ve actually written several blogs that I didn’t post because I couldn’t get the words just right. I’ll give you the short, sweet version of those, then I’ll move on to the topic that got me on here rearing...

This weekend we had company at our house. It’s always fun to visit with old friends, especially ones who see the world differently from how you see it. You learn from those kinds of friends. I could go on about how our friend never meets a stranger, or any number of things, but this morning...

My Writing Monster is a hungry one. She demands a type of selfishness, a devotion that requires me to shut out the rest of the world and all the other things I ‘should be’ doing. She devours my most valuable resource, time. She needles me when I’m driving, throwing images and ideas in my head...

I had all planned out in my head what I wanted to talk about this week, but I just finished an awesome book this morning, and I have to talk about it instead! Clockwork Angel is the latest from Cassandra Clare. Now, I love her first series, The Mortal Instruments. I’ve recommended them and found...

A while ago I heard about a service that would type out your tweets (on a typewriter) and mail them to you. At first glance it seems like a kitchy fad, but lately I’ve pondered how this translates to other social media. Bloggers have been doing it for a while; most blogs are essentially public...

On the drive home last night, my husband asked me if I’d ever been to a concert I didn’t like. I had to think about that, but I guess the answer is no. I love concerts, and I go see bands that I love- so it pretty much follows that I’m going to love every...

I love a good “book day.” A book day is when I spend the whole day (or afternoon or night or all three) reading a book from cover to cover. To top things off, yesterday’s book was Mockingjay, one I’d been waiting on for a year and the conclusion of a trilogy. And best of...

For the past few days, I’ve been mulling over what I would blog about this week. Maybe I could talk about the book I finished reading, or the amazing pedicure I had on Saturday, or my son’s first few days back to school. But something real hit pretty hard today. A few days ago, a...

I am all about awesome alternative rock music. The weird thing is most people I know and talk to have never heard of the bands that I love. Imagine my surprise when I found out that Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs is the #1 Album in America — That means lots of people have caught on...

This week I wanted to talk about the great book that I read, and I have some random thoughts to share. Last week I read The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan. As a former middle school teacher and as a human being, this book is fantastic. A brother and sister discover that they are descendants...