When I was a budding adolescent, mouth o’ metal and too-short flare jeans, I kept a spiral sketchbook full of angst, anger, and drawings of dogs. Home for the holidays, I stumbled upon this relic while searching for the young-adult series Song of the Lioness, four fantasy books about a lady knight with special healing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 10, 2009
The back-to-school season has arrived. And, for the second time now, I don’t get to partake. As I see the NYU students swarm the Village, I can’t help but feel a touch of envy. But it’s not just college. Lately, I find myself thinking about high school, middle school, even elementary school…ANY kind of school really. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
I hate babysitting. I’m bad with kids, especially babies. You can’t have a conversation with them and they can’t tell you what they need. I don’t like guessing games, especially when one of the primary possibilities involves cleaning up bodily waste deposits. However, when my aunt called and asked if I would spend Friday [...]
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
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