A Little Aretha Franklin

I’m working on a young adult novel right now, which is part survivalist story and part, oh, I’m not sure what to call the other part. I’ve got my five high school students wandering through the remote woods of Georgia right now, and–a little unexpectedly, I admit–I’m listening to Aretha Franklin belt out “I Never…

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Passports, eh?

Well, two weeks after we got back, I’m finally writing about our trip to Vancouver. Great trip. Rough travel. The whole idea of taking two adults and three kids (including a two-year-old) across coasts and countries comes down to one word: Psych. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the best family show on TV–maybe the…

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Janet of the Jungle

Hope everyone enjoys the new site–I was so satisfied with getting the new-and-improved version up and running (not that I had anything to do with the technical part of the whole up-and-running thing), that I’ve taken weeks off from the blog. I was cleaning out a box in the basement the other day and came…

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