Apr 10
Mathematicians at Work
hunker down on their hands and knees
and sniff the problem
poke it with ungentle fingers
rub it raw with steel wool
wad it up in a ball and cackle
then pound it flat with little mallets
watch it rise like dough (uh oh)
resume its original shape
screech, [...]
Apr 09
Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the
list below. Each syllable can only be used once and the number of syllables
to be used is shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the
first and last letters reading down will reveal a proverb.
AR, AS, BACK, CAR, CAT, DIFF, [...]
Apr 08
Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!
The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.
SUBSCRIBE TO A POEM-A-DAY HERE.
Apr 07
How did BIRTH ORDER influence your personality?
Take a Birth Order Quiz posted by Margie Lawson, and find out!
Drop by Barbara Vey’s Publisher’s Weekly blog tomorrow — and check out the quiz. E-mail it to your siblings. :-)))
Tuesday, April 8th: www.publishersweekly.com/blog/880000288.html
Post a comment — and you’ll be in the drawing to WIN a Lecture Packet from Margie Lawson:
1. Empowering Characters’ [...]
Apr 07
Dinner is served - 165 feet up
All is well until have to go to the bathroom
Dinner in the Sky: A chef prepares meals while diners enjoy panoramic views harnessed in seats that swivel 180 degrees, suspended via a crane.
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY
Here’s a dining concept that’ll make your head Â- if not your stomach Â- [...]
Apr 06
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Apr 05
Stone Crossings Chapter 1
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From Amazon’s Book Reviews:
In these pages L.L. Barkat shares her own painful, powerful story with us. Weaving in truth from Scripture, words from other writers and stories of people who’ve come alongside her in her journey, she shows us the unexpected ways and places she’s discovered grace: grace that has helped her [...]
Apr 04
Peonies by Mary Oliver
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
to break my heart
as the sun rises,
as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers
and they open —
pools of lace,
white and pink —
and all day the black ants climb over them,
boring their deep and mysterious holes
into the curls,
craving the sweet sap,
taking [...]
Apr 03
HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY
TO MY TWIN PRINCESSES
Shannon Christa and Sarah Elizabeth
(with Emma)
Apr 02
I’m so confused.
If this news isn’t already as old to you as Hillary confusing accepting flowers from a child with sniper fire, here goes…
Thomas Beatie and his wife, Nancy, are going to have a baby. Only Nancy had a hysterectomy some time ago.
So did theyadopt? No
Find a surrogate? No.
Attempt a uterus re-installation? No.
They decided…no problem…THOMAS [...]
Apr 02
BY SPECIAL REQUEST, THE “Let’s see how many words you can make” game.
HOW MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS CAN YOU FIND IN THE WORD CHEESECAKE ?
REMEMBER…NO plurals and NO proper nouns
Apr 01
Okay, so he’s currently my only son-in-law! We love you. . . Mom and Ken
Apr 01
For too many years I didn’t believe, didn’t know that I was enough.
I depended too much on others to drag me through the unknowns, to light the candle I held. I wasted so much time following shadows, looking over my shoulder, afraid that if I’d ever be abandoned, I’d never find my way back. Because [...]