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• It is What It Is, Review of Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help”

  

  Just in case you haven’t heard of this one (or seen the movie) “The Help” follows Skeeter, a recent college graduate and aspiring journalist growing up in... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword. ...

  “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update: Progress Edition! (Finally)

  

  Well, the progress might not be fabulous but at least it exists.  So here it is, the progress on the HAED you’ve all been waiting for.I managed to finish the... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Spring Break Edition

  

  Well fellow bloggers it’s finally here, that week I’ve been counting down to…Spring Break!  And while some of you may be spending your break vacationing and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week

  

  Here are the books I’ve added to my to-read list this week and think you should too!Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen: Set in 1906 in a convent in upstate New... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “This is Not What It is Like to Be You, I Realized as a f...

  “This is not what it is like to be you, I realized as a few of your magnificent clouds flew over the rooftop. It is just me thinking about being you. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Never Forget Review of Daniel Handler’s “Why We Broke Up”

  

  Min and Ed were not the highschool couple anyone expected. Min is (forgive me as I use the word) “artsy” or at least an ignorant jock’s idea of what artsy is,... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Could Feel the Day Offering Itself to Me, and I Wanted...

  “I could feel the day offering itself to me, and I wanted nothing more than to be in the moment-but which moment? Not that one, or that one, or that one,”... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update: No Progress Edition

  Well hello bloggers.I have a bit of sad news.  Not only have I had very little time to work on my HAED cross stitch project.  But I discovered I’d misread my ke... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Science Edition

  

  Good morning (or afternoon depending on where in the world you’re reading this) blog friends.  I have one more week of 18 hour days before the bliss for teacher... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week

  

  Here are the books I’m adding to my reading list this week and you should too!Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby I’ve heard some of Nick Horby‘s lyrics but never... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pride, Prejudice, and Murder…Oh My. Review of P.D. James’s “Death Comes to...

  

  This story picks up several years after Pride and Prejudice left off. Elizabeth and Darcy are well at home in Pemberley with two boys of their own and the most... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update

  

  Hello fellow bloggers!  We’ve finally made it to the middle of the week. I’m keeping my post short and sweet because we all have things to do and places to be... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Borrowed Inspiration for Your Week: Books As Movies Edition

  

  Hello fellow bloggers!  For a while there I was worried I wasn’t going to have time to write any new posts but (at the sacrifice of my stitching) I’ve carved ou... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What to Read This Week: Wolves, Kings, Books, and Kids

  

  Here are the books I’ve added to my “to-read” list this week and I think you should too!  And don’t forget to recommend some books of your own in the comment... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “The Inside Jokes Weren’t Jokes Anymore. They Had Become ...

  “The inside jokes weren’t jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s Your Sign? Review of Nicola May’s “Star Fish”

  

  When I saw this indie book advertised I got very excited. I always try to mix in indie books in pile of to-read reading material and this one seemed just the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “It’s Just That I Don’t Want to Be Somebody’s Crush. If s...

  “It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle of the Week Update (Finished Page 1!)

  

  Hope your week is going well blog friends.  Still busy with work and not making as much progress as I would like to in either reading or crafty pursuits, but th... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Think That If I Ever Have Kids, and They Are Upset, I ...

  “I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION