I have made some author and blogging decisions lately that almost warrant being called news. And since we’re friends, you and I, it’s time to fill you in. (Plus, I can’t seem to get my act together and write my family, so this way they’ll get news too). 😉 AUTHOR NEWS: I read a publishing/marketing book, written in a conversational style and… Read More
For five days (until May 30) there is a book bundle for sale where you get 7 books for $9.99. All the books are written by moms, and most of them are how-tos. My memoir is the odd-ball on this list 😉 but I was pretty excited to be included. In addition to the incredible savings, if you are a blogger,… Read More
Anyone who has seen the weeds in my yard in person (or scrolls down to look at the photos) will chuckle to see that my garden has been featured in a British magazine for expats who live in France. And here is the article itself – probably too tiny for you to read. But never fear! You can buy your own… Read More
This girl is eleven. When you’re eleven, you no longer want to be a princess (except in the secretest part of your heart). So instead of princesses, you have a pizza party theme. In the evening. And you play Pictionary! And Lougarou (Werewolf). And you eat real pizza. And you take silly pictures. And your mom bakes a cake. (even if… Read More
I spend much of my days frozen with ineptitude, sitting amid the ashes and rubble, staring at the vortex of chaos that eats into the structured semblance of order and whips the pieces into more chaos. Does anyone else feel this way? I sometimes wonder if people commit suicide because they cannot bear the disorder. We were created for more. We were… Read More
I think it’s kind of cool that the spring festival for my kids’ school involves each class imitating – and learning about – a different artist. We’ve got Juliet’s class with Magritte “Ceci n’est pas une pomme” Juliet is holding her own surrealist illustration where Paris is drawn as stubble on a guy’s face, and it gets razed to the ground with the double… Read More
