Menu

life

A Loving Tribute

February 10, 2013
| 5 Comments
| Family, pics, video

I can’t add all of the Dark-Hunter role players on Facebook to my friends list and I don’t have the time to play with them as much as I’d like, but the DH Origins folks have always been wonderful to me and treat me like family. When I woke up to the usual 3am insomnia this morning, I had…

READ MORE

Madeleine DeRonde (November 7, 1927-February 3, 2013)

February 5, 2013
| No Comments
| Family, life

Madeleine DeRonde passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones on February 3rd 2013. Madeleine was born at home in Montpelier during the Great Flood of 1927 to Emile and Augustine Gagne. She spent the entirety of her life in Montpelier, attending St. Michael’s Catholic School and St. Augustine’s Church. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America,…

READ MORE

10 Things You Can Do On My Birthday

January 11, 2013
| No Comments
| Books, Family, Friends, life

Today is 1-11, the day we celebrate PRINCESS ALETHEA’S MAGICAL BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA! I do hope you have marvelous things planned for today. I do! If you don’t have some marvelous things planned, here are ten suggestions for how I would love you to spend MY FRABJOUS DAY. ********************** If you have a few extra dollars: 1.) Order some of…

READ MORE

Rainbow Sun

January 8, 2013
| No Comments
| Family, pics

I meant to post this the other day, when I accompanied FGB into DC to help him with some work. I was looking out the window for a street sign and the sky took my breath away. There was a full, perfect rainbow all around the sun. I thought this a fitting magical image with which to wish my…

READ MORE

Kicking It Up a Notch

January 2, 2013
| No Comments
| Friends, writing

If you are at all inclined to support the projects of artists on Kickstarter, I encourage you to help fund this anthology to be edited by Ellen Datlow, a woman I have greatly admired since I was a wee lass collecting books like Snow White, Blood Red. Click here to find our more and pledge to FEARFUL SYMMETRIES.  

READ MORE

Happy 2013!

January 1, 2013
| No Comments
| life, mermaids

Happy New Year, everyone! I wrote up today’s inspirational post and left it over in the Waterworld Mermaid Lagoon. You’ll have to click over there to see what it’s all about! (Especially if you’re a writer.) In the meantime, I’m going to get some sleep so I’m all bright and chipper tomorrow for Aunt Theda’s Annual Loukoumathes Party! You’re…

READ MORE

SCBWI Sandy Hill Book Drive

December 29, 2012
| No Comments
| Family, Friends

Hello, friends & family– I am working on behalf of SCBWI in the mid-Atlantic Region to collect traditionally published picture books for the Sandy Hill Elementary School Book Drive. If you have any picture books to donate, please send me an email (akontis at gmail) and I’ll give you the address where you can send them. Thank you all…

READ MORE