Maurice Sendak passed away this morning.

"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters - sometimes very hastily - but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim ( Read more... )

I cried.

I don't have any more news on my great aunt, because school on Mondays goes so long that everyone was in bed when I got home. Thank you guys so much for your comments though. They really mean a lot to us.

The past few days have been hard, and not just because of the obvious. I don't really feel up to getting into it though.

It looks like I may be ( Read more... )

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE COMES OUT OCTOBER 16 AND I CANNOT WAIT.