At home, in bed, and away for awhile

Yep… that’s why I have not posted. Been too sick. I thought I had strep throat, since I have a fever, major cough, and a cold. But thankfully no. I am going to try my hardest to go back to school.
So my diet has consisted of Popsicles and Amy’s No Chicken Noodle Soup (Amy’s is [...]

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The Trouble Begins at 8

Mark Twain was certainly an unusual man that kids will love learning about in the book The Trouble Begins at 8. The real trouble will be getting kids to pick up this book. It’s wonderfully well written, highly amusing, and accurate, but I doubt if kids will want to read about Mark Twain, since few [...]

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Poetry Friday “Spring is like a Perhaps Hand”

Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully
out of Nowhere) arranging
a window,into which people look(while
people stare
arranging and changing placing
carefully there a strange
thing and a known thing here) and
changing everything carefully

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New book set in the world of His Dark Materials

I’m very surprised that I haven’t noticed anyone reporting this in any of my feeds.  Maybe it’s old news, I’m not sure. I found it only recently on a news site. It is titled Once Upon a Time in the North and will be released April 8th, 2008.. Pullman features the panserbjorne Iorek Byrnison and [...]

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Days 1-3 Vacation

I have had a wonderful time! I love being able to read everything in French. Also, hearing snippets of people’s conversations is funny. I am so happy that I can understand so much! Talking is hard for me, though. I open my mouth to ask a question, and then my mouth gets all tangled. I’ve [...]

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On Vacation…

I’m going on spring vacation this next week. I am still going to try to post a few reviews, but it is not likely. I hope that you all have a wonderful week!
I brought a few books on vacation with me. I’m planning on buying a couple as well.

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