Saturday, October 29, 2016

Right Thing to Do

  “I hate this fucking sentiment that you’re expressing. It’s a common one. The sacred child who must be cared for no matter what, no matter what the cost. You know, if this were a hundred years ago, Zach would have been left out in the woods.…

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Nomadic Thing

  “Is a tree a nomad?” she asked, almost breathless with the beauty of this concept.   “I think so. Yeah, I think everything that exists would be a nomad, kind of. I don’t know. I haven’t read Leibniz in years.”   Lorrie just stared at…

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Pea-Proof Mattresses!

   Pea-Proof Mattresses!   Princess Mattresses are truly fit for royalty! Don't lose another second of sleep to pesky peas placed precisely under your posterior! Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep by Robin Newman, illustrated by Chris…

Hildie and Clawdia

  There's a little - known secret about Hildie Bitterpickles. She needs her sleep.   Every night brushes her teeth, puts away her spell book, and goes to bed with her cat, Clawdia.   Until the night when Hildie's quiet neighborhood changed.…

Sunday, October 9, 2016

你是天上最明亮的那颗星星

妈妈送我一只小布狗,要我别再伤心。 我知道,你是风,你是云,你是天上最明亮的那颗星星。…

你知道天堂在哪里吗?

你是不是很想去找他? 当然。你知道天堂在哪里吗? 天堂?应该就是在天上吧! 那里很好玩吗?为什么去了就不回来呢?…

嗨,请问你是鬼吗?

嗨, 请问你是鬼吗? 我不是鬼,我是园丁。 以前住过这个房间,在附近的森林里研究各种奇妙的植物。…

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Shadows of Ourselves

  "D'you think people leave impressions of themselves in a place?" I asked.   "After they've died, you mean?"   I scored a cross in a square. "No, after they've been somewhere." I told him about the flashback images of my childhood. "It…

Saturday, October 1, 2016

It's Saturday

  "On Saturday, breakfast is much better."   "Slurp!"   "Glug! Glug!"   "See - it's the same but it tastes so much better."   "And that's because it's SATURDAY!" The Big Wet Balloon, P8 by Liniers ISBN 978-1-935179-32-0 …