California fire season strikes again!

Last week, we watched the Mosquito fire sweep through the area and thought that for sure that the camp was lost.

when hinges creak in doorless chambers…

The arrival of the fall months is especially exciting, since Honey in the Marrow comes out in October, just over a month away. If you use goodreads, feel free to add it to your want-to-read shelf.

If it’s Thursday, it must be Jessica

Murder, She Wrote is the perfect cozy mystery show.

There’s a better life and you think about it, don’t you?

Did I tell you that I work at the queer branch now?

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

Sometimes, when I’m feeling frustrated or in a funk, I remind myself that I’m living the life that eight-year-old me dreamed about.

so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.

Mary Oliver

how can i be expected to live, laugh, love in these conditions?

Work is getting busier again, as pandemic restrictions keep relaxing, giving those new variants a chance to really thrive.

If you’re ready for a story, take a seat! Clap your hands and stomp your feet! Make your hands all nice and neat!

By the time we shut down, I was happy to never do another storytime again. I was so burned out on storytime that I worried that I personally had manifested the pandemic simply so I could have a break from the grind.

Honey in the Marrow comes out October 2022

Can I tell you a little about the book? Better yet, how do you feel about a cover reveal?

what is grief, if not love

Let me tell you, writing about grief as an intellectual experiment and writing about grief as someone firmly in its clutches are two very different experiences.