My Friday Six seems to have gone on holiday. I’m not sure how this has come about. At least it wasn’t my whole blog like this writer’s. My commitment to a non-materialistic Thoreau-ish lifestyle also seems to have gone on holiday as I’ve been getting ready for the super fab SCBWI national conference in LA. …
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Sunday Siesta Special, June Twenty Something
Due to weather conditions and overwhelming laziness, the Friday Six has been replaced this week in favor of the Sunday Siesta Special. Â It’s actually hot here. I sort of thought maybe it never really got hot in Portland and despaired that my little sun dresses and sandals wouldn’t get any use and I’d never get …
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Friday Six, Favorite Portland Things (so far), June 20
1) Forest Park. I saw it on the map and thought it looked kind of cool before we moved here, but I had no idea how quickly you could feel like you were in the middle of the wilderness when you walked in. We were both blown away the first time. Here’s a pic. I’m …
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Friday Six, June 13
1) Our first sighting of Mt. Hood as residents of Portland today. We’d seen it before on visits, but it’s different seeing a mountain IN THE SAME PLACE THAT YOU LIVE! It was so exciting that I jumped up and down shouting, “Oh my god, there’s a mountain, I’m looking at a mountain right now!” …
Friday Six, June 6, Last Friday In Madison!!!
I’m super excited about moving to Portland, but I’m not so sure that the cats are crazy about the whole moving thing. 1) We’ve been getting rid of all of THEIR things, like the bed and the couch (which we were allowed to occasionally borrow). 2) They had to go to the vet to get …
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Friday Six May 30 (posted on Saturday, as things are Super Crazy here)
One week in Madison left!!!!!!!!! 1) Last day of work at Madison Public Library yesterday. I did three presentations about the summer library program for elementary school kids and seeing their reaction when we told them that everything we do is free was totally satisfying. That, I’ll miss. 2) I’m reading The Disreputable History of …
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Friday Six! May 23
We’re counting down to our last two weeks in Madison now and this week “lasts” were coming around like crazy. The lasts (for now anyway): 1) Last CCBC Book Discussion — the books were so depressing this month too! Three of them were about war and one of them was a kidnapping/creepy guy story. I’ve …
Friday Six May 16
1) How can I be coming down with a cold in May? Especially since I’ve never been so well vitamined in my entire life (I don’t want to move a bunch of vitamin bottles to Portland, so we’re taking them liberally). 2) Reading The Calder Game by Blue Balliett. It has a nice tone to …
Friday Six, May 9
Happy Friday! 1) Thanks for posting the Twilight trailer on your blog, Judy. I’m so excited too! 2) I finished My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger this week. I loved it! Now I’m dying to know what everyone said at the ccbc book discussion last …
Friday Six, May 2
I really need to come up with a more original Friday blog entry gimmick. And a new picture. Every time I look at that photo I think “Eek, vampire!” Except it’s just me. 1) We’re moving! It’s official. We’re moving to Portland in June. Woo hoo! 2) We’re starting to look at apartments in Portland …