Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: The Little Red Christmas Ball

The Little Red Christmas Ball: a story for kids and anyone whoever was…and would be again The Little Red Christmas Ball, by Brian Moloney, is a sweet little chapter book.…

Grits & Vegemite

I have a friend named Alex, who is the mistress of www.alexchristopherwrites.com and the creator of “Visibility Coaching.”  Alex lives in Australia, which is about as far from my house in…

BOOK REVIEW: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

  Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Leonard Peacock has a plan to kill himself after he kills his former best friend Asher Beal. He will do it with…

The 9 PTO Moms (and 1 Dad) You’ll See at Every Event

If you’ve volunteered at any school or PTO event, you know these parents.  They’re the same in every school across the world.  Do you recognize them? Marge N. Charge Marge…

Wonder Woman Onesie

My mild obsession with Wonder Woman is no secret.   I drink from a Wonder Woman mug in my office.  I have a Wonder Woman watch.  I have a Wonder Woman…

BOOK REVIEW — The Fall of the House of Cabal

The Fall of the House of Cabal: A Novel (Johannes Cabal Novels) If you throw a dart at my list of book reviews, odds are good you’ll land on one…

Been There. Done That. Got the T-Shirt.

Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of stuff.  Stuff is just clutter.  I want to get rid of stuff.  I’m not particularly sentimental, although I do have trouble getting…

Baby’s First Drive Through

My son turned 15 a week ago, and that means in this neck of the woods that he got his Learner’s Permit.  That’s right. My bitty baby, born two and…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The Shattered Crown

The Shattered Crown (The Legends of Ansu Book 2) The Shattered Crown by AJ Webb is the second in the Legends of Ansu series, but you really don’t have to have…

Packing Healthy Lunches the Lazy Mom’s Way

In 8th grade, my son was assigned to a class called “Family and Consumer Science.”  This class is, basically, Home Ec, and it irritates me that it is called “Family…

Battle Scars

What are your battle scars? Not too long ago, I was hauling some accumulated crapola from one location to another, for reasons that are not relevant here.  I hired a…

High School Dance

I’m pretty sure that I only went to one high school dance the entire time I was in high school, and that was the senior prom.  Which wasn’t really called…