![](\"http:\/\/gammablog.com\/gammablablog\/images\/4-04\/4-19\/blossoming-tree.jpg\")
I’m pausing for five minutes to look out and appreciate the world… okay, I could actually a.) shower, b.) put on street clothes, or c.) go outside, but reading blogs is my pajamas is my “outing” this hour…<\/p>\nGreetings this blustery day!<\/p>\n
I’m pausing for five minutes to look out and appreciate the world… okay, I could actually a.) shower, b.) put on street clothes, or c.) go outside, but reading blogs is my pajamas is my “outing” this hour…<\/p>\n
I can’t figure out a joke to tell with the story of Geri Halliwell<\/a>, former Spice Girl turned Children’s Author, so we’ll all just have to smile at the thought. Actually, my smile is… bewildered. She’s been contracted to produce a series, one book a month from May 2008, and is meant to be accompanied by a “promotional song.” And the storyline? Yes. Nine-year-old Ugenia Lavender, is the “incredible kid who has heaps of attitude and brainwaves like bolts of lightning”, and Halliwell will give her “contemporary adventures.”<\/p>\n Um. Okay. I’ll save the open mockery for MotherReader<\/a> (also don’t miss her lovely and thoughtful comments on the late Mr. Vonnegut). I’d like to see Alkelda<\/a>‘s editorial letter on that<\/i> one.<\/p>\n Via A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy<\/a>, I found a call for bloggers who review “classic” children’s books. Gina from AmoxCalli<\/a> feels she’s neglecting some of the older books she wants to recommend to a host of young readers. I have also felt that I missed being born earlier<\/a> so I could read more Joan Aiken without having to hunt<\/i> for old out of print copies, and I still adore such goodies as I Capture the Castle<\/i>, Jean Webster’s Daddy Long Legs, or Stella Gibbons’ hysterical Cold Comfort Farm<\/i>… Sometimes I think all of the good books and stories have already been told – but I’m proved wrong pretty much on a daily basis, happily. (Yes! So many more multicultural tales to tell. So many excellent vampire yarns. So many science fiction tomes. So many books, so little time…!) Anyway, do jet on over to AmoxCalli<\/a>‘s and at least read the reviews. There are some fabulous books out there yet to be discovered.<\/p>\n Well, it’s back to work for me. Ciao, ciao…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greetings this blustery day! I’m pausing for five minutes to look out and appreciate the world… okay, I could actually a.) shower, b.) put…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,10],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-random-notes-and-errata","tag-views"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}