Well, I for one sure couldn’t! Mind you, I was only 13, it was 1958, so whaddya want, right? Well. At the community group ‘youth’ dances which I started attending, hoping to meet a [Good grief! What was my rush?!] boyfriend, dancing was a necessity… unless you wanted to spend a couple of hours holding up the wall.
Author: Ellie
Book Progress Report #2
Ding ding ding! I made it to 24,144 words! Okay, it’s not a whole heap more since last weekend, but – considering I procrastinated a lot to get here, I’m pretty satisfied.
Friday Follies #28 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Gather ’round, little ones, while the Grammar Cop shares with you the results of the latest quota of inanities. (Yes, that’s a word; I checked to save you the trouble. 😉 )
Spots
It’s winter. It’s a time of snow, it’s a time of sleet. It’s a time of ice, it’s a time of… sickness!
Book Progress Report #1
Hi, interested folks! (I figure if you’re not interested you wouldn’t be here… right? 😉 ) Today I’ve reached 22,782 words of Our Driver Has No Car: Tales From the Trenches of Hollywood North.
A white-only Ken? Perish the thought!
I just read about the opening of a local exhibit featuring Mattel’s new Barbies.
Welcome to my revamped site!
Welcome to my friends and followers, and to any of you who are new. So glad you’ve stopped by!
2 Americas
We Canadians are a pretty observant bunch, generally speaking. My friends and I, for example, have been steadily observing the election-year craziness south of our border, and it’s become exceedingly clear that you actually have not just one country, but two…
Friday Follies #27 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
We’ve now reached the halfway point in our February Friday Follies! Today the Grammar Cop features two print errors and a lovely (read: dumb) verbal boo-boo on the part of a Republican presidential-race contender.
Goodbye to an Embarrassment of Riches
English newspapers! A whole big bunch! If only we had fully appreciated them at the time.
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Tees 