Reading Jean Thompson’s The Year We Left Home is a little like surviving a year in the Midwest. If you…
Date Archives August 2011
For fat kids, it will never get better
“Ellen” this morning was a rerun. First Lady Michelle Obama was on talking about her anti-obesity platform and something about…
How young are you?
“Woah,” Nolan said. “What is that?” He was sitting in the front seat of Ruby, and we were zooming down…
A book for kids that you will totally love
Back in the olden days of the early 1980s, “The Wizard of Oz” was event TV. My sisters and I…
A Good Hard Look review over at BlogHer Bookclub
If you head on over to the BlogHer Bookclub you can read my review of A Good Hard Look by…
Things that dismayed The Tibbles today (abridged)
I wouldn’t let them have any coffee even though they really love coffee and they know because I let them…
Franklin’s disruptions
So, have you met Franklin? Probably not. He’s my Roku box and lets me stream crap to my TV. I…
Why going to Best Buy is sheer hell
Today I got my itty bitty Roku box. I named it Franklin because it asked for a name. After tearing…
Silver Girls
Dana and Chaurisse are sisters growing up in Atlanta of the 1980s. Chaurisse is the plain, flute-playing one. Dana’s the…
Surprise! Women will also have books published this fall
Yes, women have written books that are going to be published this fall. In fact, women have written books that…