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If You Can Keep Your Head When All About You Are Having Dreams

January 18, 2010
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| Miscellaneous

The bonus of living with other writers is that not only do you get to hear the blogs before they get posted (or never get posted), you also get to discuss them around the kitchen table. Kelli has posted her Martin Luther King Jr. Day blog — it’s all about dreams — dreams of men in times past, and…

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On a Rainy Sunday

January 17, 2010
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| awesome porch, Friends, life, pics

Yes, I certified my Geek Street Cred this weekend and finally learned to play Magic. Late Last night, Alethea Queen of the Elves stomped the table and triumphed in a bloody battle. (I know, I know, Gypsy stacked the deck. But I was learning to play! I also learned that I have slightly more evil tendencies than an all-green…

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You Learn Something New Every Day

January 17, 2010
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| awesome porch, Friends, life, New Things, Trivia

We’re out in the garage earlier — I’ve got my head down on the nice cool picnic table, sucking fresh air in between the puffs on Gypsy’s cigarette, and Gypsy’s explaining to Morgan about what she refers to as her “mosquito deck” of Magic cards. She goes on to say: “You know, the mosquitos that bite you are only…

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Happy Birthday, Stephan Pastis!

January 16, 2010
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| Friends, life

Almost two years ago, Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine, released his The Grass Menagerie collection of comic strips.I shamelessly used this as an excuse to tie him up in an hour-long phone interview. We had a lot of fun. Stephan’s a great guy — as many people who read his blog or visit Facebook have come to…

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Books on the Bed: The Man Who Took the Indoors Out

January 15, 2010
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Title: The Man Who Took the Indoors Out Author: Arnold Lobel Pub Date: 1974 Status: Out of Print Number nine on the list of My 21 Most Influential Books, The Man Who Took the Indoors Out is incredibly difficult to find, and is not even listed on Caldecott Medal winner Arnold Lobel’s Wikipedia page. This obscure little picture book…

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Peter S. Beagle Interview en Español

January 13, 2010
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| Bibliography, Interview

Bienve Prieto has a gorgeous Peter S. Beagle fanblog that he hosts from Spain: http://petersbeaglefanblog.blogspot.com/ Bienve asked if he could translate my recent interview into Spanish. I was honored. Click here to read the interview, en español. Gracias, Bienve!

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving

January 12, 2010
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| awesome porch, Family, Friends, life

There is a moment from this weekend frozen in my mind: the girls are on the couch combing their lustrous clean locks, Tomo’s patiently waiting to find out just what he’s being sent to the drug store for this time, and I’m cross-legged on the floor between Della’s legs as she sits above me on the couch, inspecting the…

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Birthday Radio Silence

January 11, 2010
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| awesome porch, Friends, life

I didn’t actually mean to shove the laptop in a corner and leave the phone downstairs all weekend…it just turned out that way. If you just can’t wait to hear about all the fun and games, pop on over to The Gypsy’s blog: www.kellidunlap.com. Otherwise I’ll be blogging tomorrow about Illness, Infestation, Interesting times, and Mr. Ichi. Much love…

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