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Archive for October, 2007

The Friday List (late)

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Sorry. I meant to try to remind myself when it was Friday, but you know how sometimes you lose track of days? I just got back about an hour ago, and this is one of the things I remembered on the plane.
So clearly my nice thing this week was the Kidlitosphere Conference. [...]

Next year’s venue (drum roll . . .)

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

It’s after 11:00 here, I’m so so so so so tired, but I wanted to report that as with the Olympics, at the end of the evening here I announced the location for the Second Annual Kidlitosphere Conference: Portland! Hurray, Portland! You lobbied for it, you bribed the judges, you deserve it!
Here’s [...]

Yep, it’s a love fest

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

I’m supposed to be showering right now (not because anyone told me to, but because, well I have a nose of my own, thank you), but I wanted to grab just a minute to say:
It’s more wonderful than I hoped for. If you think these people all seem smart and funny and clever and [...]

The out-of-town body

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Had dinner with Adrienne of What Adrienne Thinks About That tonight–I know! She’s real! Not just a blog. And what a lovely person she is in every respect.
Anyway, as she was recounting her bad food choices for the past day in Chicago, and I was talking about all of mine [...]

Go pink

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Hey, check it out: fabulous webmaster BJ is donating pink themes to bloggers throughout October as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The catch? “This theme is free for non-commercial use as long as the linkback is left intact, and the blog using it posts about breast cancer awareness at least once during the [...]

The only post I really regret

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Last April I posted something called “The Case Against Hugging.” I still strongly believe in one of the points I made: that we owe it to children to respect their natural boundaries and not force them to go kiss this person or hug that one just because they’re family or friend and it [...]

Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Ahh. Back to reading this week. It feels so good.
Two books, enjoyed them both:
The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 by P.J. Haarsma. You may recall me talking about PJ last week. As I’d been warned, his school presentation BLEW ME AWAY. In one hour that man had the kids [...]

Wood hunting season

Monday, October 1st, 2007

It’s October 1st, and you guys know what that means, right? It’s the opening day of the permit-only firewood cutting season. And believe me, it’s competitive. My husband already went on a recon mission a few weeks ago to scout the area where we’re allowed to cut dead and down oak. [...]