A Hog Day w/o Hollering

4 CommentsExploring (travel), Just for Laughs

If you smelled something heavenly Saturday, you needn’t worry.  It wasn’t the rapture and you weren’t left behind–it was just Hillsborough’s much anticipated Hog Day!  My first favorite of the day had to be this hat, which was spotted by the fantastic and fun Orange Charter School table.  Next on our list of must haves was of course food,

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My New York Confession

3 CommentsExploring (travel), Just for Laughs, The Human Condition

I have something to share which shames me to admit.  My fear is that this will not only reflect poorly on my childhood aptitude and my sterling reputation for discernment as an adult, it may also offend my new friends.  Specifically, those from New York. Perhaps I can make it up to them when I blog

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What Not to Wear in New York…On My Feet

2 CommentsExploring (travel), Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers

Chinatown.  The Numismatic museum (and pirate gold!).  The World Trade Center Memorial.  The Empire State Building.  Grand Central Station.  And, of course, SCBWI’s winter conference.  What do all of these have in common? They’re going to be really cold and icy this weekend! But I’m a writer.  I write.  Sometimes I daydream.  In an efficient and

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Just For the Suitcases

2 CommentsExploring (travel), Home in the Rookery

The stuffed suitcases are still waiting to be emptied, but I’m finding that after a summer of packing and unpacking, they can be ignored rather nicely.  Give me another week or two, and they’ll just be another piece of furniture I walk around. Maybe if I put up a few pics from the summer trips, I

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