I received a great Postcrossing postcard today. This came from a Postcrosser here in the U.S., in Tacoma, Washington. Diane is a brand new Postcrosser, having joined only a few weeks ago. On the card, she wrote about wanting to travel more. She saw in my profile that I have visited all 50 U.S. states,Continue reading “Postcards From the World: Feminist Books”
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April 27 Writer Birthdays
1682 – Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (Baroness of Saint-Martin-de-Ré), French novelist, writer, and salonnière. 1737 – Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician, known for his major work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft, British writer and woman’s rights pioneer who was also the mother ofContinue reading “April 27 Writer Birthdays”
NaNo No No
Darn. I was doing so well on my Camp NaNoWriMo goal this month. For most of the month, I was ahead of my target word count. Then I went away to take my kid back to campus a few days ago, and even though I’m back, my writing came to a screeching halt. I haven’tContinue reading “NaNo No No”
April 26 Writer Birthdays
121 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and influential Stoic philosopher. 1711 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist. 1711 – Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, French writer, journalist, children’s writer, and folklorist who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. 1785 – John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter, best known forContinue reading “April 26 Writer Birthdays”
April 25 Writer Birthdays
1873 – Walter De La Mare, English poet, novelist, and short-story writer best remembered for his children’s stories and ghost stories. 1892 – Maud Hart Lovelace, American author best known for her historical novels and for her Betsy-Tacy series for children. 1899 – Grace Rasp-Nuri, Turkish Cypriot-German novelist for children and adults whose work wasContinue reading “April 25 Writer Birthdays”
Back to School
I posted a few days ago that our quarantine was over and we could bring our son back to school. He had to quarantine because his roommate tested positive for covid, and my son chose to serve his quarantine time at home instead of in a dismal motel room arranged by the university. I wasn’tContinue reading “Back to School”
April 24 Writer Birthdays
1804 – Cho Koran, Japanese poet, artist, and educator, known for her study of Chinese arts and specialization in bunjinga ink paintings, and for founding a private school for teaching Chinese poetry to women. 1815 – Anthony Trollope, popular Victorian-era English novelist, known for books set in fictional Barsetshire. 1825 – R.M. Ballantyne, prolific ScottishContinue reading “April 24 Writer Birthdays”
Photo Friday: Dogs of Del Ray
Today’s photo is one I took a few days ago on Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray, about a mile from my house. My son and I stopped to pick up a pizza and as we returned to the parking lot, an artist had just set up a ladder and was continuing work on theContinue reading “Photo Friday: Dogs of Del Ray”
April 23 Writer Birthdays
1564 – William Shakespeare, English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest playwright, and is often called the Bard of Avon. (April 23 is a probable birthdate, based on his April 26 baptism.) 1852 – Edwin Markham, American poet, nonfiction writer, essayist, and educatorContinue reading “April 23 Writer Birthdays”
No More Quarantine
I posted yesterday that I was still waiting for the results of the covid-19 tests my son and I had taken, after he was possibly exposed to the virus at school. Finally, late last night, I received the results: We are both negative. He had already been tested last week, just after he returned homeContinue reading “No More Quarantine”
