Memories and Traditions of the Holidays
With RocketMoms’ assignments and Giant Squid Challenge support, I’ve created three new lenses. I’ve had a lot of fun creating lenses for RocketMoms’ shopping lenses and adding to their unique holiday gift ideas. As I work on holiday lenses, I’ve enjoyed visiting memories of past Christmas seasons and family traditions. My son creates stop animation movies with Legos, so you can imagine that any LEGO set is big on his Christmas list. The

Necco Wafers – Treats From Your Childhood
On my desk, I have the typical “writer” tools: paper, pens, writing books, and my cell phone. I also usually have a glass of water and a snack, which is currently a couple rolls of Necco Wafers. Mine are mini-wrapped rolls, with nine wafers. The wafers include a variety of flavors like chocolate, lemon, lime, orange, clove, wintergreen, cinnamon, and licorice.  The lemon and chocolate are my favorites. I think I’ll try the all chocolate Necco Wafers next. They come in four chocolate flavors: milk, dark, white, and mocha. Did yo

Where The Wild Things Are
It’s almost Halloween, and my thoughts wandered to “Where The Wild Things Are”, a new film based on the children’s book by Maurice Sendak. I remember reading the book to my son when he was little, and it’s on our bookshelf today. I’m curious about the movie because the book is only ten pages, with illustrations. The film trailer looks grand, like it captures Sendak’s large, adventurous illustrations. I reviewed Sendak’s book on my latest lens, Children’s Book – Where The Wild Things Are. I had a lot of fun since there are more activities available th

Is It Still Summer?
I’m asking for a couple of reasons. If you read my blog, you will have undoubtedly noticed my summer absence. It wasn’t intentional. I set my personal and writing goals, and things were going as planned. Until my husband suddenly got sick, and we found ourselves in the midst of misdiagnoses, confusion, and living that saying, “When it rains, it pours”. My husband wasn’t suffering a life-threatening illness, though it was long-lasting and affected his quality of life. The doctors gave us no hope the medications would even help. We refused their bleak dismissal and found alternative treatments, which are working remarkably well. While trying to take car