Two years after the fact, I still consider The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had one of my favorite books. So when The Lions of Little Rock arrived – a second Kristin Levine book – I read it almost immediately. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had is set in a general period of race conflict in the American South,…
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And the Winners Are
Y’all know that I am a complete nerd about book awards and so it was rather heartbreaking to leave Dallas before the big youth media awards were announced. Still, I made Ella sit at the computer with me first thing Monday morning and watch the webcast with me (she was not as enthusiastic as she might have been. . ….
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Winter Challenge: Embrace a Trend
I didn’t realize what a luxury it was to have the last challenge during the summer where the sun never stopped shining in Austin. It was PLENTY bright enough inside to take decent pictures. These last couple of overcast days, however, have made my life hard (yes, whine, whine). Today’s theme is Embrace a Trend and it seemed like the…
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Goodwill Rescue
As part of my “Live Vibrantly” goal for this year, I’m trying not to dress like such a complete boring person (the downside of this for Kayla is that I seem insistent on sending her lousy phone pictures of practically everything I wear. Count yourself lucky that I do not have your phone number). I was sorting through my clothes…
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Winter Challenge: Monochrome
Apologies for the heavy posting this week. Blame Kayla (I’ve found it to be excellent recourse for all my blaming needs). Today’s challenge is monochrome dressing, and gray seemed appropriate (it’s like Merrick and I are sisters) because it’s super overcast today and there has been some crazy rain and hail. My other sister and I went and got some…
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