Trees in winter. When we visited NYC this past December, we saw a wonderful play at the Barrow Street Theatre called Every Brilliant Thi...

Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit passionate reader/teacher/poet  Mr. Hankins for Roundup! So. Anyone else out there shocke...

In our quest to see all of the films nominated for Oscar's Best Picture award, we stood in line with everyone else this past weekend to ...

Hello, and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Tara at A Teaching Life for Roundup. A few months ago I joined the MCCBD team in an effo...

Whenever the Oscar nominations are announced, my husband and I set out to see as many as possible before the awards ceremony. This year...

Hello, and Happy Poetry Friday! Roundup is HERE!! I'm thrilled YOU are here to share it. In honor of MLK Day, and because I've s...

So I've lived in Alabama for over 30 years. I've been to Selma several times and have driven over the Edmund Pettus Bridge . I didn...

Hello, and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Music Maven, Swap Queen & Poetry Goddess Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference for...

This week we escaped for a few hours into Tim Burton's latest: BIG EYES . It's set during the 1950s and is based on a true story a...

wee "wild" me Hello, and happy Poetry Friday! Please visit Tricia (whom I was so lucky to meet at NCTE!) at The Miss Rumphius ...

Here's my Six Word Memoir for 2014: Bittersweet mystery fiddles with poet's heart. This year held some wonderful and difficult ...

The holidays are such a great time for movies! We were lucky enough to see three of them in the past week -- and I present them to you in or...

Our Christmas gift to ourselves was a family trip to New York City! It was magical and merry and everything we wanted it to be. Merry C...

Hello, and Happy Poetry Friday! Please visit Buffy's Blog for Roundup. I can't believe this is our last Poetry Friday before Chri...

As many of you know, my father is currently battling his second bout with cancer. He also serves as Executive Director of Bismarck Cancer C...

Hello and happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Mr. Hankins a.k.a. Paul at These 4 Corners  (Living Loving Laughing Learning --- how much ...

The latest issue of Writer's Digest magazine features an article by Tiffany Luckey on DORK DIARIES author Rachel Renee Russell. It...

After several of my nearest and dearest suggested to me that I would really enjoy INTERSTELLAR , I finally got myself to the theater! Youn...

Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Anastasia at Booktalking #kidli t for Roundup. Now that it's December, I want to sha...

I can't believe it's the last day of #bloglikecrazy. I can't believe tomorrow is December 1. I can't believe we are cl...

Quilt by Mozell Benson I can't believe it, but my #bloglikecrazy month is coming to a close! Tomorrow will be the last day. Whew! ...