Okay… long day,Kids did play, Teacher’s sayHomework pays!Soccer fun–Does our kid run?Mate doesn’t know–It’s his show.Little boysWith soccer toysSlapping faceAll over the placeThey don’t care–It’s that or stareAt all the dustThat’s everywhere.Big kidsSleep a lotOoops, they’re caught!It’s five o’clock!The house is wreckedAnd dinner’s dreckAnd we’ve still gotTo drive a lot!(Couldn’t they at leastHave not foughtWith… Read More

A lot of folks have been asking what bridge is on the cover of BOUND? The answer? The Foresthill Bridge in CA is the tallest bridge in CA and one of the four tallest in the continental U.S. And there’s a great view both FROM the bridge, and OF the bridge right here: Foresthill Bridge

Get it? Not just a river in Egypt, right? *sigh* Yeah, whatever… Anyway, long day at school. It was actually good to be back. The thing with the chairs ROCKED! I’m totally going to keep them like that. “D’s, stand up, move two spaces around clockwise. There’s your new seat.” Completely impersonal, and that one… Read More

You guys remember that song? “And the wheel is going round and round, the whole wide world is upside down…” So yeah. We’re in the circle game–and welcome back to my complete insanity. School is starting again. I spent part of my day there–mostly working on my room. I would have liked to have said… Read More

I’ve noticed that I don’t have any real blogposts for this last week–I guess my head really HAS been up my writing ass, hasn’t it? Anyway, I promise something more substantial by tomorrow… I’m getting ready for school, and it’s sort of exciting and depressing, all in one. But in the meantime, I just made… Read More

Changing is up;-) (And so is something else you may all enjoy looking at… as usual, click to enbiggen;-)

Chicken had a toy that Ladybug wanted. “I want it I want it! Give it to me! I’m a girl!” Chicken and I exchanged glances–oh really? “Knock it off, Ladybug–you don’t have any feminine wiles!” Chicken retorted, rolling her eyes. She pronounced it ‘willies’–you know, to be cute? Neither of us were prepared for the… Read More

1. The people who published my dirty quickie in their newsletter. 2. The dirtiest song I’ve ever heard. 3. Likin’ Park & Supernatural 4. This thing that’s kept my children quietly occupied for hours. 5. Galad who helped me edit Changing and assures me that with a little tweaking, it will NOT suck. (And who… Read More

In San Francisco… Okay, seriously, NONE of us left our hats there–are you kidding? I just finished the Cave Troll’s in the car on the way to the city! (Sadly, Mate’s was only partly done by the end of the day, but since I started it after Cave Troll’s was done, I figure I’m still… Read More