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today’s avenger lucism

Luc, 6, apropos of nothing, while eating his bowl of honey-o’s, just said, “I just thought of something disturbing.”

Me: “What’s that?”

Luc, in a serious voice: “Hulk’s willy.”

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Come on, you know he’s packing.

Avengers! Assemble!

Yep, along with the rest of the movie going world, we went to see Avengers this weekend—and I know everyone else went to see it too, because the dang thing has crossed 1.2 billion dollars worldwide in three weeks! Go Joss!

Well, no surprise, we LOVED it. And in case you’re [...]

angel book update: covers, editors, and fans, oh my!

The current iteration of the cover…

You might notice that the title has changed. If you feel like commenting, I’d love to know what you think this book is about—I don’t mean in-depth analysis, just that sense you get when glancing at a cover, “oh, that’s historical romance,” or, “that’s kick-butt [...]

the maya report, continuing civil war and unrest, cloudy with an excellent chance of tears

For Mother’s Day we went on a whirlwind tour of the Mothers of Eastern North Carolina this weekend, the kids and I, and saw my mother, my sister, who is a mother, my grandmother, and my aunt, also a mother, all motherly influences on me and my kids. Add myself to the mix and that’s [...]

the dark side of a lounge pants obsession

It’s probably the Katwise thing (see yesterday’s post), plus Sophie doing a bunch of sewing with her great aunt (who is a master seamstress) (I covet Sophie’s adorable new bag made from too-small favorite jeans with rhinestones and rainbow lining, by the way), plus Luc just got this rocking pair of pirate pajama pants at [...]

the technicolor fairy coats of the amazing and inspring katwise

I adore rummaging around Etsy, I always find cool people doing cool things who inspire me. Katwise (on etsy) is one of the best I’ve run across and she’s a bit of a phenomenon so chances are good, if you like Etsy at all, you’ve already heard of her. She takes old [...]

botanicula — review

Around here we are HUGE fans of Amanita Design and their wonderful games. I have written before about Samorost (which you can play for free at that link—and which Luc has played through a dozen times by now), Samorost 2 (a $5 download) and Machinarium, (free demo at the link), [...]

the surprising and convoluted history of a novel, plus some gorgeous cover art UNVEILED

I just got the last editor letter back on the angel book and am deep in edits. The plan is to finish this, as in done done DONE, by the end of May and send it off to the copy editor by June 1. I’m so excited for this book to finally see the light [...]

a break from yoga?

I feel deeply ambivalent about this, but I think I’m going to take some time off my yoga practice. It seems incredibly stupid, since I just moved so deeply into several of the postures, and I’m sure any time off will cause me to lose that progress. But I’m just so tired. I don’t know [...]

i love small adventures

Look what we did yesterday!

We went on a hot air balloon ride! How cool is THAT? It was just a little ride, tethered, but still, really fun. And free! Even better.

We got there early and got to see them fill the balloon, which was surprisingly fast. They [...]