I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandparents lately. I remember my Nana’s 90th birthday party, when the extended family gathered at Uncle Paddy’s house that January. How Nana’s silver-white hair shone...
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Today is Remembrance Day (in Canada) and Veterans Day (in the U.S.). Before that it was Armistice Day, commemorating the end of WW I on 11 November 1918. Before that, it was simply known as November 11. Probably in the same way...
I have often said that I wish I had the confidence at Kristina’s age (any age) that she has. I usually amend that to say that I wish I had the confidence now, at my age, that Kristina has. She’s kind of a rock star...
When I first heard Eddie Montgomery sing these lines (link at the bottom), I knew exactly what he was talking about: There’s a story that my daddy tells religiously Like clockwork every time he sees an opening In a...
Announced today: 2009 Teens’ Top Ten from YALSA and the American Library Association. From the YALSA site: More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens’ Top Ten! The...
On September 11th, I wrote a post about Mary Travers: her vision, and her work for social justice with the musical group Peter, Paul and Mary. I didn’t want to talk about September 11th directly. Instead, I wanted to...