These are two keywords that don’t actually make a very smooth sounding title when used together, but I’m going to go with it anyway. I do not believe in the Elf on the Shelf, but I do believe in gay marriage. Let’s talk Elf on Shelf first as Christmas is just two more sleeps away.… Continue reading Elf on the Shelf and Gay Marriage
Snow. While we thought our kids were super excited about Santa’s impending arrival, the greeting they gave to our first ground covering of white fluff was nothing short of gleeful. It goes without saying that we are generally blanketed by Christmas. Here in northern New Hampshire, we’ve had the mildest winter I can remember. Our… Continue reading Snow: May She Come Again Soon…
Look how cute my date is in his white button up, stylish dress pants, skinny tie (from the Kevin Bacon Footloose era), slight product in his hair. I was one lucky girl, despite the fact that I didn’t even really like pink. I loved my hair in this picture with the matching, giant pink bow… Continue reading Throw Back Thursday: My Eighth Grade Semi Formal Date, Matthew and Me (1988)
The wee one on the far left knew that writing her name came easier to her than it did to her older brother, the husky fellow holding the red snake. She never teased him about it, but instead, would put her little hand on his arm and reassured, “It’s okay, Carver, writing can be hard.”… Continue reading Learning to Read is a Little Like Learning to Drive–Only Harder
The Kirkus Indie Review reports: English teacher Krill addresses engaging what-if questions about parenthood in her debut novella. Elizabeth and Andrew conceive their children via in vitro fertilization due to a spinal cord injury that Andrew received as a teenager. After their two children, Michelle and Stephen, are born, the couple faces the decision of… Continue reading The Kirkus Indie Review (my first official literary criticism)
Check out my cool signs! Lincoln Sign Company is located here in Lincoln, NH, home to our White Mountains (which are still mostly brown right now), the Pemi River (which is always damn cold no matter what the season), and plenty of great kids. There are many things to love about a small school, but… Continue reading To Scroll or Not to Scroll? That is the question.
Today is a day to celebrate our differences and unique abilities, officially known as the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. I often crack up when our son, Carver, innocently asks, “So what’s Dad’s disability again?” He’s looking for the term “spinal cord injury” or “paraplegic” specifically, when the obvious response is simply that his… Continue reading In Honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The books are selling, not quite like hotcakes, but people are reading, commenting, sharing my website/ blog, and spreading the word. Thank you to folks who have posted reviews at Goodreads.com and Amazon for this is very helpful to my marketing to the world beyond our White Mountains. I’ve sold books out of the back… Continue reading Book Seller of North Woodstock
Excerpt from True North:Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. My family will gather at my mom and dad’s house, and we will consume large quantities of delicious traditions including turkey, pumpkin soup, potatoes, green bean casserole, and blue hubbard squash. The blue hubbard almost didn’t happen this year because Carver felt he looked too much like Yoda to… Continue reading Gratitude
True North, the title, was born on a hot day in July, when I found myself at the Owl Brook Fish and Game department with 15 middle and high school girls from my school. Our summer enrichment program, Girls of Summer, focuses on different themes, and on this particular day, our goal was to literally… Continue reading The Title: True North
