First Impressions: CRYSTAL’S MAGIC

First Impressions: CRYSTAL’S MAGIC

Happy 2012, everyone!  Today I’m bringing you a lot of firsts – the first First Impression of the new year and the first page of our first repeat customer!  Nicole Zoltack is sharing the prologue for her YA fantasy novel, CRYSTAL’S MAGIC.  It was her...
Maybe Christmas Doesn’t Come From a Store

Maybe Christmas Doesn’t Come From a Store

Dr. Seuss was right of course. We all know it, even if we did scramble to make sure all our store-bought presents arrived on time and were wrapped by Christmas Eve.  But some of the most thoughtful gifts don’t come from a store.One of my students gave me an...
A Holiday Greeting Card for You

A Holiday Greeting Card for You

Happy Holidays to all my blogging friends!If I haven’t been to your blog this week, please forgive me. This is the longest teaching week of the year, and the children’s minds are GONE.  I may have taught the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the...

A Slice of Salerni Life 2011

I’ve been doing family skits as a Christmas newsletter since 2002, when the girls were ages 2 and 5.  It’s just a yearly peek inside the Salerni house, and here’s the most recent:A SLICE OF SALERNI LIFE 2011 (The Tenth Edition)DINNER...