Canadian Prime Minister “Stephen Harper praised Canada's environmental record Wednesday during a speech at a UN biodiversity conference in Bonn, Germany.” Time to give ourselves a big pat on the back, huh? I'm relieved to know that we're doing so fabulously when it comes to our ...
Not too hot. Definitely not too cold. And sunny, sunny, sunny. Will July or August be able to live up to this perfect Saturday in May? Meanwhile my June and July are fast filling up with allergy and dental appointments (four of each to be exact). Fun times ahead. Maybe I should ...
Major kudos to Ellen DeGeneres for broaching the topic of homosexual marriage with John McCain when he was on her show this week.“...there's this old way of thinking that we are not all the same. We are all the same people, all of us, you're no different than I am, our love is the same.”Watch the whole ...
I just want to send out a big CONGRATS to Courtney Summers for her most excellent Cracked Up To Be blurbs. You can read them yourself here. I'm looking forward to picking up my copy of Cracked Up To Be when it comes out in January 0 ...
I'm still in Irish mode, not that I need that kind of excuse to listen to Gemma Hayes. I've had This Is What You Do as my profile song on MySpace since before we left for Ireland so I guess it's about time I put it up here. I picked up her new CD, The Hollow of Morning, while I ...
I actually found out about this before we headed off to Ireland but in the rush of packing and finishing One Lonely Degree revisions didn't have time to post the news. I'm thrilled to say that I Know It's Over has been nominated for the 2009 ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list.You ...
Improbably, it didn't rain our entire time in Ireland. In fact, most days it was downright sunny, which didn't make it easy to leave. There's nothing like that ol' Bagatelle tune Summer in Dublin to make you long for the streets of Dublin and I swear to God as I was walking along ...
