Duck and Cover

March 11, 2010

I never do anything by the book. Sometimes that’s good and refreshing but mostly it just drives people crazy.
Well, I’m at it again. My mind has woke me up at EVIL O’clock in the morning with ideas and ah-ha moments about this blog of mine. Most know that I’m in the middle of a redesign…but [...]

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Adolescent book series

March 10, 2010

Confession: I was horrible at reading to my children when they were tiny guys. I couldn’t get them to sit still on my lap so why fight it? Once they got to about 4, they were ready and so was I. I started reading to them every night before going to bed. My youngest son [...]

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The Velveteen Couch

March 8, 2010

[This is a writing assignment that was first prompted in our Writers Workshop with some incredible Hallmark writers at Blissdom and Casey from Moosh In Indy and Stephanie from Adventures in Babywearing. The key is that you write with pen and paper for 3 minutes about a couch from your lifetime. You're supposed to write [...]

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Secret Diary Entry

March 4, 2010

When I turned 9, my parents bought me the coolest diary…with a lock! I felt so grown up. But as much as I loved it, I didn’t even write in it until almost a year later.
After the initial entry, it wasn’t used again until we moved to India a year or so later. It quickly [...]

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