A big “thank you!” to today’s guest blogger, Veronica, who generously responded to my recent request for guest posts by offering to cross-post a book review of my choice. I selected the following, on a topic which I find quite fascinating, and I which I hope will interest you too. This was originally posted on Veronica’s blog. Find out a little more about her at the end of this post.================================ There’s this book on my […]
Month: June 2008
More thoughts about change – but what’s news about that?
(I’ve actually had this post in draft for awhile, but I keep finding reasons to put it on hold. But now is probably as good a time as any to run with it, as a follow-up of sorts to my recent Ten on Tuesday post about how the world has changed, and as a self-developed Hump Day Hmm, since vacation plans are causing me to miss one of Julie’s.) My mother-in-law tells us that she […]
GUEST POST: Mom vs. Babe – A Quandary Considered
This is a special guest post by a non-blogger (yes, they do still exist!). But I have been trying to encourage my sister Teresa to do more writing via a blog of her own, so I hope you’ll leave her some encouraging comments! Find out a little more about her at the end of this post.========================= As I sit and drink my morning beverage from the cup that say “Mom on the outside. Babe on […]
Postcard from the road – greetings from Logan, Utah!
I’m working on a vacation diary to share here – with pictures – later on, but just thought I’d check in with a few snippets from our first couple of days on the road. Day 1: leaving home, bound for Cedar City, Utah The short-term goal for the first day of travel was Vegas by lunchtime. Vegas in the early afternoon on Saturday isn’t all bright lights and glitz – it’s more like just plain […]
GUEST POST Book talk: “The Soul of Baseball, ” by Joe Posnanski
Today’s guest blogger is posting his very first book review, so please be kind. However, his selection is pretty close to his normal sports-blogging turf, and I think he did pretty well with it – but then again, what do I know? I’m only his mother, but I hope you find his contribution as enjoyable as I did. Find out a little more about Chris at the end of this post.================================ It’s probably best to […]
Sunday Bulletin – links, scraps, and snippets
Announcements:*******I’ve had a few people kindly take me up on my request for guest posts during my vacation – and a couple of them aren’t even related to me! Please be sure to check them out, and leave some comment love for: Monday, June 16: Chris Pendley from Left Field Bluffs, making what I’m pretty sure is his first visit to his mom’s blogTuesday, June 17: Teresa DeGagné, my blogless sister, with a contribution to […]
Feelin’ quizzical
By the time you check out this collection of my recent experiences with Blogthings, we’ll be on the road – Vegas by lunchtime, Utah tonight, and heading for Yellowstone by Monday night! You Are a Little Negative… You can be negative from time to time, but you rarely go overboard. You have a realistic view of the world, and most people appreciate your honest insights. Like everyone else, you have your darker moods. But when […]
Friday Q&A
Since I try to keep it to one post a day around here, here’s one that goes all over the map. I haven’t started a new book yet, so this week, theiPod Random Ten is subbing for the Page 123 Meme. BTW, my husband suggested some more interesting titles for this meme feature – I liked “Frid’ Meme Tomatoes” the best. What do you think? Tuesday Thingers Today’s question is about tags- do you tag? […]
At the movies: “Sex and the City”
Sex and the CityRomantic comedy, 2008 I think that Sex and the City is a movie that most people had made their minds up about before it was even released; you either planned to see it or to stay as far away from it as possible, and other people’s reviews and opinions probably weren’t going to sway you either way. I didn’t watch the series from the very beginning (I didn’t have HBO), but I […]
Taking this show on the road!
School’s (almost) out for summer! The last day on the school calendar is June 13, and bright and early the next morning, we get started on our three-generation road trip. Tall Paul, the kids, Mom-in-law, and I are piling into the Wagon Queen Family Truckster (Grandma’s SUV) and making our way to Yellowstone National Park, and stopping by the Grand Canyon on our way home. We have been planning this trip for literally a year. […]
Ten on Tuesday: Workin’ it, annoyingly
10 Things That Annoy You About Work What, we have to stop at ten? We had a similar topic last summer, “10 Things You Don’t Like About Your Job,” so I thought I’d start with those and see if anything has changed (last year’s item is in italics, with a strikeout if it doesn’t apply anymore, and no follow-up comment if it’s still about the same). The commute Still annoying, but now I’m paying more […]
Weekend Assignment #219: Preferred Transportation
The Weekend Assignment is posted each Friday at Outpost Mâvarin; a roundup of responses goes up the following Thursday, so if you’d like to join in, you’ve still got some time. Karen says: Don’t worry if you don’t get your entry in by the end of the weekend. It’s called the Weekend Assignment because John Scalzi originally designed it to give folks something to write on weekends, but times have changed since then. Now the […]
