source Today marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday, and the world is celebrating! Really. Check out Dickens 2012 to see the extent...

Today is a writing day. I have writing to do for work, and writing to do for my own project... and writing for this blog. So, I figure by th...

There are more websites dedicated to Harry Potter than there is gold in Gringotts. Any simple search with bring up literally thousands. Tha...

There was a star danced, and under that was I born.  - William Shakespeare Hazzah to the Bard! Today, is William Shakespeare's 447t...

Change of plans... Even though my goals were modest, they were too much for me to stick to. I am undergoing my last round of finals in la...

I'm making the hero of my story venture through a spooky and beautiful garden. I had the whole thing imagined in my head, but when it ca...

I'm doing my first writing challenge, directed by  A Round of Writing in 80 Days . The basic idea is that all participants set themselve...

Some knit. Some write. Some travel. Some take lovely pictures. And most of them are obsessed with their pets. These blogs are a few of the o...

Today has been the strangest day! The kitty boys woke me and Matt up extra early, they were going frantic and we didn't know why. We tri...

I love it! This wonderful map is worth a close look. I think I might have to buy it so that I can gaze at it enough to familiarize myself wi...

Last weekend, Matthew and I visited a great downtown book shop. It's sad to admit, but often, when I need a specific book, I hop online ...

"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs." - Gen. Charles De Gaulle "The great pleasure of a dog...

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury painting by gerard ter borch I have to admit something...  ...

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Besi...