One of my favourite books when I was younger was Louise Fitzhugh's novel Harriet the Spy. Harriet M. Welsch is an eleven year old girl who wants to be a writer. To this end, she writes down her observations of the world around her in a notebook - her nanny Ole Golly encouraged her to do this daily exercise and keep it up. Harriet also uses her ( Read more... )

Finally...the weekend is here. And I seriously plan on getting out of Dodge for awhile. I have only taken one of my vacation days this year :-P .