Today as I still finally finished NOTHING (yes, yes; I suck) I scoured the net hoping for some inspiration. Of course I found several cute patterns that just spoke to me, whispered sweetly in my ear that I should give them a go. Because I can’t hook and look at the same time some common sense prevailed but I thought…
Anybody trying to put a little one to sleep knows that bedtime is the equivalent to new explorations or creative stalling. In cartoonist Roz Chast’s Too Busy Marco that is just what little Marco does. As bedtime nears, Marco finds that he is not tired and must explore his big dreams. He finds that has to paint, explore fish underwater,…
While trolling on Twitter I came across @cbadov #warw tag and wanted to know more. WARW stands for Write a Review Wednesday and each week @cbadov and others review and blog about children’s books in support of children’s book writers and illustrators found using the hash tag #kidlit . Awesome idea! I am looking for ways to find the best new books…
Years ago during the height of Terry Macmillan’s “Waiting to Exhale” popularity I used to be an exclusive reader and lover of “Black” books. I would greedily scour the African American section of bookstores and libraries looking for the next great thing that I would be reading. For months all I would read were books that soon seemed to be repeats of themselves: The main…
Because:…I was feeling better……Effin’ Guy told me I was hot……The jeans that were too tight now fit…sorta……I only had a taste and it was low calorie……and besides, its the holidays and well dieting NOW is no fun……oh yeah, on second look the picture wasn’t SO bad……I wasn’t quite as out of breath when walking slowly… I stopped being as gung…