And thus I begin the last year of my thirties. I’m thirty-nine years old. I feel like I should be full of some sort of wisdom or something. Like 39 is the magic age of…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
The cruelty of denying teens ‘dark’ literature #YAsaves
If you have an active weekend social life, you might have missed the twitter hubbub caused by a Wall Street Journal article about the Young Adult literature, “Darkness Too Visible. ” In it, Meghan Cox…
The disappointment
Can we all agree before I start that Kevin Brockmeier is a beautiful and inventive writer? His novel The Brief History of the Dead still haunts me even thought it’s been years since I’ve read…
The lazy reader takes pictures
When I’m in bed reading and a happen across something that resonates with me, I’m much too lazy to write it down and much to fastidious to write in a book. However, I do have…
These two things happened today: on wasps & gum chewers
I. While making my bed this morning I found a dead wasp or hornet under the covers. This is disturbing for a few reasons, not the least of which I spent the night with a…
I see a little light
Most nights when I roll over to go to sleep I look out my window and talk to the Gatsby Lights. It’s like praying without the deity and the asking for help. If I could…