All this (very warranted) bruhaha over the Pensic 39 ruling about teenages not being able to attend A&S classes without a parent/parent-designated adult has got me steaming. Teens and children are NOT the same thing. I've taught both middle and high school - I've SEEN the transition in action (and no, it does not magically happen the day someone ( Read more... )

The relations cancelled (as I thought they might), so it looks like we have Saturday!  My mother has agreed to take care of the girls on Saturday, so I don't know if we'll *all* still come on Friday or not, but O, E and I will be at Birka on Saturday ( Read more... )

Hi folks - can I pick your brains a minute ( Read more... )

1. I'm going to do NaNoWriMo, and a bunch of folks in the A&S 50 Challenge are going to do a Persona Challenge spin on it, called the Knowne World Persona Month, aka KnoWoPerMo, where they write either about their persona, or in his/her voice, some in blogs, some in prose. Cool, eh ( Read more... )

This is a way long post, since I have so much to tell, my husband it already turning me out and we've been up for less than an hour!

( LOTS of details about my experiences this weekend, going to Northern Lights, and judging four categories )