For the second week of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge, the theme is Relationships. I’m going to do something that I thought of at the end of the challenge last year — explore how my life compared with my mother’s … Continue reading →
Book: French Milk by Lucy Knisley Genre: Graphic Memoir Publisher: Touchstone Publication date: 2007 Pages: 193 Source: Purchased Summary: French Milk is an earlier black-and-white memoir by the author of this year’s Relish, a graphic memoir in color about the author’s … Continue reading →
The October Memoir Challenge posting days are the odd-numbered ones, but I’m putting my third post up early since I’ll be at an all-day photography workshop tomorrow. The first week’s theme was Childhood. I covered two sub-themes of things that showed … Continue reading →
When my sister-in-law and I were planning the 18th birthday party for a nephew today, we decided he probably would still want a birthday cake. In fact, we remembered birthday cakes still feeling special well into our twenties, when we … Continue reading →
Last year’s version of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge was organized by year — one post per year through age 25. That teased out some memories that I would never have managed with a different structure. But it made it difficult … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things. You’re welcome to join us! The challenge runs until September 30 and I’ll post our final link-up next Wednesday, October 2 … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things. You’re welcome to join us! The challenge runs until September 30 so there’s still time to participate. We had four book … Continue reading →
We’re reading How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. You’re welcome to join us whether or not you are participating in other activities related to the Back to School Reading Challenge. We’ve had two previous discussion posts: How Children Succeed by … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things. You’re welcome to join us! The challenge runs until September 30 so there’s still time to participate. We had two book … Continue reading →
We’re reading How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. You’re welcome to join us whether or not you are participating in other activities related to the Back to School Reading Challenge. The first discussion post was last week: How Children Succeed … Continue reading →