Teen Topic Tuesday – Summer jobs

My parents did things differently. My dad had worked from the time he could deliver papers and my mother tells of picking beans as a kid. For that reason, they let me be a total slacker every summer while I was still in school (and actually even the summer after I...

Next week – an interview with Kathy Erskine

Please excuse Joelle Anthony from her usually scheduled Author Interview/Profile as she has a headache and wants to use her limited computer time for writing. Check in next week for more fun and games including a Friday interview with writer, Kathy Erskine.

Humor – Chipmunk Herding

  I know Miss Sophie is taking over my Animal Humor Column, but she’s just so darn cute. And funny. And generous with her catches. The other night she was shuffling around under the bed (we sleep on the porch) and then we heard crunch, munch, slurp. That’s...

Humor – Chipmunk Herding

We just had a fun episode of Chipmunk Herding, with help from Miss Sophie! I knew that chipmunk was still in the house (it’s been a week!) because I heard him a couple of times yesterday. Today Miss Sophie found him. We had the doors open for him and every...