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Poetry Friday & poems from Jone & Joy

It’s Poetry Friday! Jone is hosting over at Check It Out! How fitting that she’s hosting, because today I’m sharing…

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My Life: Birthday Fun

Two of my favorite little people were born to the same wonderful mama in the same month, 4 years apart….

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Poetry Friday & What is a Blueberry Pie? by Diane Mayr

It’s Poetry Friday! Dance over to Robyn Hood Black’s blog to wish her well as she battles some pain, then…

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My Life: A picture to explain my absence . . .

I’m a little behind on a lot of things, but . . . who cares?!   Heather and Seth are…

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Poetry Friday & Back to School

Mary Lee Hahn is rounding up this week’s posts over at A Year of Reading. Though the heat index was…

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Poetry Friday & The Ballad of Odyssey

Margaret has this week’s round-up at Reflections on the Teche. I have a wonderful and talented friend named Jana who…

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Book Review: Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

“I’m not brave; it’s just that all other choices have been thrown out the window.” Being smart doesn’t protect you…

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Poetry Friday: a butterfly cinquain

Sylvia & Janet are hosting at Poetry for Children.   It’s the summer of the cinquain — Michelle got me…

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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara

Where can you find the perfect book after the sun goes down? The Midnight Library, of course! The little librarian…

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Powell’s City of Books

On June 24, 2014 I fulfilled a longtime wish: I went to Powell’s City of Books in Portland.   I’d…

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