Bulletin Board ***** Did you know that there’s a biweekly Book Review Blog Carnival that’s been going on since September? Apparently, I have been under a rock, but in case any of y’all have been there too, now we all know. The carnival runs every other Sunday, and the deadline for submissions to the host is the day before. The next edition will go up on Sunday, December 21, hosted by Maw Books Blog – […]

Bulletin Board **** Have you entered any of my FOUR giveaways yet? Find out more here! They’re open until next Friday (December 12), and you may enter any or all. **** Give the gift of comments during Delurking December! (Thanks to Kylee for the heads-up!) **** Speaking of December, I’m sad that apparently there won’t be a Cavalcade of Bad Nativities this year, but if you missed out on last year’s, you really need to […]

Bulletin Board **** The 18th edition of the Bookworms Carnival will be hosted at Bookopolis. The theme is “Memoirs,” and submissions are due by November 28 – e-mail your links to preferred.stock AT gmail DOT com. **** I read about The Mother Letter Project on BlogHer. The idea is simple: a husband and father is collecting “letters from mothers to mothers” to make into a book as a gift for his wife (and letter-writers can […]

Bulletin Board ****** BlogHerCon ’09 (including BlogHer Business): July 23-25, Chicago Sheraton and Towers. The official “save-the-date” announcement came out this past Monday – registration announcements will be forthcoming. Who’s already thinking about going? ****** Many of us are already thinking about holiday gifts too. While it can be tricky to know exactly what to give to the reading addicts in your life, books can still be great gifts even for the “non-readers” (I have […]

Today’s the day we officially take possession of our new residence! The movers are coming on Monday, and we’ll be bouncing back and forth between our current apartment and the new townhouse for the next few days. I’ll be offline during the transition, since we have a cable modem and we’re having the cable shut off today at our old place; the new access won’t be hooked up until Tuesday. I have posts scheduled to […]

Bulletin Board *****Tomorrow is Tall Paul’s birthday – stop by Blogenstein and wish him a happy day! *****Who says nobody walks in LA? The third annual Great Los Angeles Walk will take place on Saturday, November 22 – over 18 miles, from downtown (Union Station), down the full length of Santa Monica Blvd. Sign-up instructions are here. *****Starting in November, there will be TWO Bookworms Carnivals every month! Here’s the info on the upcoming carnivals: […]

We’ve had a little distraction by fire this week – it’s that time of year in these parts. I Tweeted updates about it on Monday and Tuesday and blogged about it at the LA Moms Blog on Friday; also, here’s SoCal Mom‘s  “annual fire post” from the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. That, coupled with a shortened workweek and getting ready to move in just over two weeks (!), has caused me to […]

Bulletin Board ****My friend April from It’s All About Balance (whom I had the pleasure of meeting in person last week, when we went to see 9 to 5: The Musical together) is coordinating a second “Blog Blast for Education” on October 24. Here’s her invitation to participate: Talk about your favorite teacher, talk about your consideration of homeschooling, talk about the dilemmas of inadequate funding, talk about your last PTA meeting, talk about your […]

(If you got that title reference, you are officially old enough to remember the 1970’s heyday of C.B. radio.) Bulletin Board *****Have you met my new widget over there in the sidebar? I’m participating in the 2008 DonorsChoose.Org Blogger Challenge with the Los Angeles Moms Blog! Your donation – as much or as little as you want – goes directly to support the specific classroom teacher project(s) you choose from this list. (By the way, […]

Bulletin Board – “my stuff” edition *****This is for my own personal cause – thanks for your consideration!     My mother died on October 8, 1999 after seven years in a nursing home with early-onset Alzheimer‘s. In remembrance of her, and to help raise funds to support patients, caregivers, and research into this disease, my sister and I have formed a team to participate in our local Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk. We try to do […]

Bulletin Board We’re making a quick out-of-town trip this weekend; Mom-in-law and two of her best friends all had milestone birthdays this year (one turned 70, two are 65 – and no, I won’t tell you which one she is), and they’re throwing themselves a great big combined birthday party tonight. I’m bringing the MacBook, but if I’m slow in responding to your comments, that’s why. *****TOMORROW (Sunday, Sept. 21) is the deadline for these […]