Hi Darling Ones, I did not intend to take a three-day hiatus from the COVID Diaries, but Sister #4 came…
Posts tagged Beverly Cleary
The COVID Diaries: It Was Hearing My Heart
Hi Darling Ones, So yesterday sucked. Today’s a little less sucky because everyone on Minnesota Twitter talking about the yellow…
Geek Love, Invisibility & Being an Other
I kicked my reading New Year off by turning to a longtime favorite, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. This is…
Ramona might have been a feminist
Beezus is nine and she’s got a bratty handful of a four-year-old sister, Ramona. Beezus likes to embroider pot holders,…
Catharsis and Beverly Cleary
“You’ve inspired me,” Sister #2 said, waving Max’s copy of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing at me. I had…
Ramona really was a pest, on first literary love
Most bookish women I know lay alms at the altar of Judy Blume, with good reason. I too love Judy….