I thought those of you who enjoyed the “cupcakes that look like vegetables” post from last summer might like this week’s Family Day project: the Fairy Castle Cake. Ours is a [...]
In preparation for those Vancouver lectures I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m working my way through a raft of books on technology and society. Which means you’re going to hear [...]
DD9: "When I pretend I'm a superhero I'm not wearing one of those bikini things. I pretend I've got a super T-shirt & shorts." You go, girl. # Sang Latin rounds with [...]
In preparation for lectures I’m giving this fall in Vancouver, I’ve been reading a lot of “death of the written world/Facebook and Twitter will bring and end to Western [...]
Long, long day. # This morning, writing about writing. And France. # The Albigensian Crusades: not a good decade for the Church. # Running this morning: like exercising inside a sponge. # My very [...]
I’m in one of those writing phases where none of my projects are even close to completion; I’d chronicle my daily routine for you, but it mostly consists of spending four hours [...]
I was searching for a copy of the SAT essay rubric today (I was asked about it and wanted to check my memory on a couple of points) and found it on eprep.com–along with this introduction. [...]
Doing routine revisions of will & legal stuff. Lawyer's opening remark: "In case of your potential decease…" Ah, THAT'S what it's called. # Last time it was this [...]
I’ve been on a random fiction jag for the last few weeks; I’m reading so much Renaissance history that I feel the need to balance out my mental diet with a side dish of stories. I [...]
Yes, you’re all right; it was terribly unfair of me to mention breakfast cookies without giving you the recipe. Cream together: 1/2 cup shortening, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 egg. Add dry [...]
DH is beating me at Settlers. # 78 degrees at 6 AM. Blech. # Last leg of DS18's flight home bumped from 11 PM arrival to 12:42 AM arrival. Smacking myself on head to stay awake. # He's [...]