Entries by Bethany

Our Trip to Orlando

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_ygTw4reA&w=560&h=315] I’m still recovering from our trip, and trying to get my mojo back. It wasn’t supposed to be about writing, but our Orlando trip — which was for the express purpose of visiting Disney World and Universal Studios — ended up having its measure of drama. (Thanks, Emma.) Seeing The Wizarding World of […]

Father’s Day

I meant, yesterday, to post something about Father’s Day. Then I saw the Lynda Barry video and got distracted. I’m sure my dad would understand. Yesterday was our last Sunday at Maplewood Presbyterian with our wonderful Pastor, Barry Keating. There was a video during the service, which my family was too distracted to have a […]

Home again, home again, jiggety jig

I’m exhausted. Six days in Orlando on our BIG family vacation — an average of about 94 degrees (plus humidity!) and 4 days of theme parks — and this mom is tapped out. What has sustained me is getting up in the morning before my daughters to read Ruth Stone’s poetry. Reading her poetry in Ordinary Words (the […]