Mellow Monday
Last week was a workworkwork week and this weekend was a familyfamilyfamily weekend, and now it’s a new week and they’ve combined. My parents came to town for Rose’s birthday, hurrah! They’ve got most of the kids on an outing right now; Jane left for another trip yesterday. Scott is at the other end of the house, writing away. There’s a pleasant hush in this room, punctuation by construction noises from the house across the street. My neighbor has a major landscaping project underway. Ha, I wrote the word “hush,” which seems to have been the cue for the jackhammer portion of the job. Forget hush, now it’s whirr and rattle.
Anyway. I wanted to round up some links:
A new Thicklebit, starring a herd of My Little Ponies.
My latest for GeekMom: Alleyoop Partners with NASA and National Geographic to Bring STEM to Your Teen’s Screen.
Excellent short post by Chris O’Donnell pointing to another very good post, both about the importance of owning your own little corner of the web. I preach this all the time to other writers. Don’t just pour your words into the Facebook river, or Twitter, or Google+. Those platforms and others like them are wonderful for making and maintaining connections, and goodness knows I enjoy them. (When they aren’t making me sputter with their shenanigans.) I love dropping by Facebook to visit friends and family. But I will always, always, be glad I have Bonny Glen to come back home to.
The rest will wait—I think my gang just rolled back home!
sarah says:
I love the photo.
Happy birthday to your Rose! And thank you for introducing me to Chris O’Donnell.
On August 20, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Ellie says:
Ha! Synchronic days, in some ways š (latest post)
On August 20, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Ellie says:
Say, have you enabled post moderation?
On August 20, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Melissa Wiley says:
Only for posts with multiple links, I thought—but it snagged yours with a single. Huh. I was trying to thwart the advances of some persistent Russian brides, is all. š
And I’ve just come from reading your jackhammer post! I was about to leave you a comment about the coincidence when I noticed I had new mail and it was your comment notification. LOL LOL LOL. We really are in sync today!
On August 20, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Ellie says:
Bless my buttons. No, sorry, am not and never have been a Russion bride, persistent or otherwise. LOL
I hope for both our sake’s the jackhammers are done!
On August 20, 2012 at 6:23 pm