It’s been a while since I first participated in Thursday Thirteen on this blog, so I thought I would give it another shot. Some of you may know that I have sung opera professionally since college, though I haven’t seen the stage since Jack was born (but that’s okay). Part of the fun of the opera thing was the opportunity to play so many different...

WearyParent.com is hosting a writing project around recommended summer reading for kids ages 8-18, and since I LOVE books I definitely wanted to participate. The books on my list are ones that I still read regularly when I have time, and have read them all 4 or 5 times each: Anne of Green Gables Series, by L.M. Montgomery – great books for girls of all...

That’s one of my favorite questions to ask people. I like to hear about the worst work experiences people have had… I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I have had some terrible ones and it’s fun to swap stories. I’ve been thinking about a “group writing project” around this subject for a while now- let’s share...

The Many Numbers of the Beast A very cute site, featuring a little white monkey who makes things What does this sign mean?

Do you ever wonder, as you’re visiting around to your favorite blogs to see if there are new posts up, if there might be a better, more efficient way to keep up with them? There is. It’s called a Feed Reader. Each blog has what’s called an RSS feed and you can subscribe to the blog’s feed and have new posts delivered to you, instead of you...