Collingswood Book Festival

I don’t know if I have many blog readers in the New Jersey area, but I’ll be at the Collingswood Book Festival tomorrow, October 2 from 10am to 4pm. This will be the 8th annual book event at Collingswood – and my first time in the town. Street fairs are a lot of fun –...

Larry’s Adventure at the Salerni House

My husband’s in California for 2 weeks, in a training module for his new employer. The washer broke down, and after a maddening snafu with the delivery company, the new washer was scheduled to be delivered at a time I couldn’t be there — which also...

A Promising Start!

It will probably come as no surprise that I enjoy teaching writing to my 5th graders. However, grading writing can be a drag. Nothing kills the joy of writing more than staring at a stack of expository essays that I need to assess for Focus, Content, Organization,...