So, Halloween happened and before you could hide the wrappers to your kids’ contraband candy, holiday prep was in full swing. Shoot, my Super Target was taking up holiday real estate before mid-October. If you’re a purist and wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate and listen to holiday tunes or you’re like me and took …
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Sure, Amazon and Target drive-up are easy peasy. And it allows me to hide my day 3 nasty hair from the public. But I like to shop local to make sure the local shops remain in our community. I selected a handful of items from local stores (where I live and where my two sisters …
If you read my last post about Satchel Paige and then today’s post, one might suggest I’m a sports nut. I am not. At. All. But shoot, a sports rom com just GETS me. You Had Me at Hockey by Kelly Jamieson is the author’s second book in the Bears Hockey series and it is …
Wes Tooke’s King of the Mound, My Summer with Satchel Paige is likely a story you haven’t stumbled upon. But I urge you to take a look. Request this goodness from the library or ‘add to cart’ on Amazon or something. Because this is the kind of middle grade fiction that will educate you, break …
Yesterday marked an important day in our history. On November 14, 1960, a sweet little girl in Louisiana became the first African American student to enter (and enroll and learn and endure) the all-white William Frantz Elementary School during the New Orleans school segregation crisis. I saw that Ruby’s new book was going to be …
