Alright, so WordPress decided to create this challenge called “Post-A-Day” (or “Post-A-Week” if you’re totally busy) where bloggers – like me – create a post every single day. And normally I back down to challenges. Why? I don’t know, I guess I just don’t like competition or people challenging against me. But this is different. [...]
This very question was posed to me today by a co-worker of mine, and while at the time I was surprised that she didn’t know, I also realized that a lot of people probably don’t know that books are still being banned in schools and libraries. Because banning a book in the 21st century seems [...]
As we all know, most movies put out today were first known as books. It seems that the less creative Hollywood gets, the more they depend on authors to write books that they think will be blockbuster hits. And sometimes – sometimes - the book gets lost in all the hoopla of the movie and people [...]
You may have noticed the word “acai” popping up in various places lately – coffee shops, grocery stores, bakeries, and other places where cool people in the know tend to hang out. It seems the acai berry is the new blueberry – the new healthy berry – and there are many reasons why it’s suddenly [...]
So, a long time ago – back when my husband and I were “just the two of us” – I spent a lot of time doing jigsaw puzzles. Loving puzzles is sort of a requirement on my mom’s side of the family, so I’ve been doing puzzles my entire life. But a few years back, [...]
I read my first Baby-Sitter’s Club book when I was in fourth grade (aka A Long Time Ago). And it wasn’t even the first one, Kristy’s Great Idea. I had gotten a four-pack from the wonderful Scholastic Book Club that included books 5-8. I didn’t know a whole lot about the books – I had never [...]
