I'm big on setting goals and challenges for myself. I track my word count, my exercise, my meals, and my reading among other things. In 2017, I s…
Read moreDuring the schoolyear, I watch maybe an hour of television a week, but in summertime (when the living's easy: and I'm not teaching), I someti…
Read moreMy college-aged daughter has an eye for programs that don't seem like they're for me that totally turn out to be for me. It was she who got m…
Read moreMy youngest daughter is even *more* into Halloween than I am, so we are both so gleeful the entire month that it's a wonder the rest of the Bryan…
Read moreBlack Lightning has been on my TBW (to be watched) list for a while now and summer finally brought me a little time for TV. I'm an easy sell: it&…
Read more"I am big. It's the pictures that got small." -Norma Desmond This evening I had the pleasure of watching Sunset Boulevard on the big s…
Read moreMy youngest daughter is even *more* into Halloween than I am, so we are both so gleeful the entire month that it's a wonder the rest of the Bryan…
Read moreJane Austen and Charlotte Bronte are both giants in classic literature. As students, most of us have been asked to read one or both of their works. W…
Read moreWelcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Wr…
Read moreClassic monster movies. I love to revisit old monster movies during this time of year. From the serious ones like Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Boris…
Read moreWho knew that the young man who began in character roles like Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Clarence and played The Saint on the…
Read moreDuring the schoolyear, I watch maybe an hour of television a week, but in summertime (when the living's easy: and I'm not teaching), I someti…
Read moreI'm big on setting goals and challenges for myself. I track my word count, my exercise, my meals, and my reading among other things. In 2017, I s…
Read moreStranger Things is a new Netflix Original series that I plowed through this week (G-d I love summer vacation!) and there's so much I love about …
Read moreThe DIYMFA book club question #7 asks about favorite supporting character archetypes: villain, love interest, BFF, mentor, and fool. I can think of…
Read moreSummer is media time for me. I can't really watch TV much during the school year, not and keep up with teaching, mothering and writing. So, I bin…
Read moreWho knew that the young man who began in character roles like Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Clarence and played The Saint on the…
Read moreWelcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Wr…
Read moreWe're on holiday vacation now, which means we can spare a little more time for enjoying some couch time together. The littlest Bryant and I are c…
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