This is my fifth post, for age 5, of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. My previous posts: Baby Speed Eater, Two Tales, Curls, and Most Magical Christmas. Kindergarten turned out to have more of an impact than it first appeared. … Continue reading →
This is my fourth post, for age 4, of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. My previous posts: Baby Speed Eater, Two Tales, and Curls. The Christmas when I was four was the most magical of my life. We celebrated … Continue reading →
I’m participating in the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. October 1 was about my infancy, Baby Speed Eater – October Memoir Challenge. For October 2, I covered funny stories my mother told about when I was little, Two … Continue reading →
I’m participating in the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. Yesterday’s post was about my infancy, Baby Speed Eater – October Memoir Challenge. For October 2nd, I have a post about age 2. If this looks like fun (it … Continue reading →
Today is the first day of the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Anne McLachlan. The idea is to cover a year each day in October. For this first day, though we’re doing ages 0 and 1. Watch … Continue reading →
This is one in an occasional series of appreciations for libraries. Would you like to write a guest post about your favorite library story? Let me know! At Home in the Library by Gerry Wakeland If you asked me to … Continue reading →
As I wrote yesterday, I’m posting a couple of “reading tales” about learning to love books in honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon tomorrow. Yesterday featured A Reading Tale — Guest Post by a friend of mine, Kathy Carlton Willis. We grew up in the … Continue reading →
In honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon on Saturday, my friend Kathy and I are posting our reading tales, childhood stories about reading. We grew up in the same small town, so we share similar experiences but focused on different ones when … Continue reading →