Instead of New Years Resolutions, we went with bingo boards this year. Mindy sent me a video on Instagram that a bingo board would be more fun, and she’s not wrong. My bingo board is full of fun things. There’s too much wrong and hate and anger all around us right now. So I haveContinue reading “bingo”
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reading list: 2024
Books read in 2024: Reign by Katharine McGee – teen fiction if the US had maintained a monarchy for the past 200 years. Wealth and cell phones and SUVs while saying “your Majesty” to the President of the United States. (Hmm … maybe not so much fiction anymore …) The Patron Saint of Liars byContinue reading “reading list: 2024”
50 states: North Carolina
We needed to get out for a few days, so we went to the Outer Banks in North Carolina – I can see why the Wright Brothers chose it to learn to fly gliders because it’s WINDY there. We had a great time with kites! The waves on the beach were really something else –Continue reading “50 states: North Carolina”
can we just DO SCOUTS?
In December, we had a transition in our troop to a new scoutmaster, which Adam and I were excited about. We had a hard time working with the 2023 scoutmaster – he would ask us to do things, like run an activity or take care of some logistics, but then get angry with us whenContinue reading “can we just DO SCOUTS?”
scouts: 2023 summary
In January 2023, I wrote this here on the blog: You know how sometimes a person decides to do a crazy big project that’s completely out of their element, and blog as they go, and then publish their adventure in a book? I found my crazy, big, long-term project to write into a book: I’mContinue reading “scouts: 2023 summary”
putting down the armor of God
I read a post on the Exponent II blog the other day, Putting Down the Armor of God. The writer no longer attends LDS temples and wrote about not wearing temple underclothing anymore. Before I even read the post, the title caught my attention. I knew it was about the temple, but that’s not howContinue reading “putting down the armor of God”
reading list: random
The first three books I read in 2024 were not on any book list I’ve ever looked at or compiled myself – they were absolutely random. 1 – Reign by Katharine McGee – it’s a teen romance novel that one of my kids got from the library. It’s set in modern times with texting andContinue reading “reading list: random”
submitted article
About a year ago, I submitted an article to a hard-copy magazine printed by an LDS group – not an official church publication, but in support of it. My article was accepted but before that issue was printed, the magazine was very abruptly canceled in favor of other projects. The theme of that issue wasContinue reading “submitted article”
behind the scenes with Cherish: part 4
Part 3: Waiting Chapter 4: Utah Tuesday, May 2, 2023: Adam and I left our kids with his sister Naomi and flew to Salt Lake. It took the entire afternoon and evening, with a layover in Denver – when we landed in Salt Lake and his best friend Walter picked us up at the airport,Continue reading “behind the scenes with Cherish: part 4”
behind the scenes with Cherish: part 3
Part 2: Gestating a Book Chapter 3: Waiting Once the manuscript went to BCC in October, things were quiet. We occasionally had a phone conversation and Ashli posted things on the @cherisheddoctrine Instagram, but we were waiting for the publisher to do the layout and whatever else it is that publishers do to prep aContinue reading “behind the scenes with Cherish: part 3”