A Is for the Asexual Spectrum
A bit of explanation toward an often-misunderstood sexuality.
Continue ReadingA bit of explanation toward an often-misunderstood sexuality.
Continue ReadingI envied and admired characters like Anne Shirley not because they were different from me, but because they WERE me… but out loud. I was Anne on the inside.
Continue ReadingIt finally happened: a creator made a statement that contradicted my own headcanon, and now I’m fuming like the great hypocrite I am. What’s UP with this?
Continue ReadingWhere can you turn on the dial to get the music from the early years of rock? Why do radio stations think people only listen to music from their own lifetimes?
Continue ReadingIn which watching ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ reminds Amy why she started loving superheroes in the first place.
Continue ReadingSpoilers! I can’t tell you what this is about here because my surprise was part of the joy! But maybe I’ll say… it’s for TV fans.
Continue ReadingMany mental conditions have overlapping symptoms, whether neurodiergence or mental illness, and sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint exactly what condition or conditions need to be addressed in a person.
Continue ReadingAmy ponders having two tweens, what they’ve outgrown and what they still fall back on.
Continue ReadingSee Fran Wilde discuss her new book ‘Riverland’ with some young fans over Skype, and enter to win your own virtual author visit with Fran!
Continue ReadingFran Wilde’s latest book, Riverland, is a middle grade portal fantasy about sisters learning to hold their world together (literally) and rescue each other.
Continue ReadingAmy discovers that the phenomenon of “intrusive sleep,” which has hounded her all her life, is actually caused by boredom.
Continue ReadingWhy don’t I volunteer with my kids’ activities more often? Because my ADHD brain gets overloaded far too easily.
Continue Reading…by which I mean, at all? You SHOULD be celebrating the birthdays of your favorite public figures, because who needs a better excuse to celebrate?
Continue ReadingPresent Me and Past Me have a slight misunderstanding regarding expectations for life.
Continue ReadingThe 2019 ALA Youth Media Awards were just announced, and there were a lot of different ways they could have gone. But that’s the fun of it!
Continue ReadingMaybe math phobia can be avoided by changing the way we think about it, teach it, or at least assign it for homework.
Continue ReadingA crafty mind can make junk-purging difficult, when even the most “useless” garbage presents its many possible other uses to you.
Continue ReadingWhy go out New Year’s Eve when you can stay home and have a movie marathon with the whole family?
Continue Reading“Electric” implies “modern,” but electric Christmas lights are an ancient Winter Solstice tradition that simply waited for the technology to arrive.
Continue ReadingNow’s the time to find a local production of ‘The Nutcracker’ and take the whole family. Ballet is not just for fans of tutu-ed fairy princesses!
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