The Christmas music doesn’t match the yellow and black, “ALL SALES FINAL,” and “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” signs in Sears. I don’t think there should be jingle bells playing through the speakers of the store. This seems like a somber moment when we’re all taking what’s left because soon there’ll be nothing to offer. It doesn’t seem like a jolly… View Post

I have a calendar hanging on my closet door that I use to plan my outfits each week. (Yes, I do. Because I love clothes. I love to shop. I love to get dressed. When we got to the part in the story when Adam and Eve found out they were naked, I screamed – internally of course because I’m… View Post

Leo Lionni’s Alphabet Tree goes like this: there’s a bunch of letters hanging out on the leaves of a tree, and everything’s going well until a gust of wind and then a gale blows so hard that some of the letters get blown away. The rest are terrified, so they huddle together in a jumbled mess in the middle of… View Post

Here’s a round up of books we’ve read in the library last week: I read Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham to preschoolers and Kindergarteners. This is my favorite alphabet book. A bunch of animals, food, and other items want to put on a play about the alphabet. Obviously, they will do this in alphabetical order, but Moose is incredibly… View Post

The cicadas’ song outside is louder than I remember and I’m wondering now if they’re not singing for mates, but that this is a warning – not even a lament – an electric, vibrating, siren call that it’s closing time. Summer’s ending. The last days bring with them an urgency that I don’t feel in June and July, and I… View Post