The Great American Road Trip Destination: Michigan, with Kids Books: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco and Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey A GUEST POST By Kristen J. Gough My youngest insists on nightly story time. My older two girls somehow outgrew this ritual about the time they entered 1st grade—they wanted to [...]
I wrote last week about my visit to Paradise, and now I have a guest post on a new hiking site about my visit to Hell. Michael Schürmann, author of Paris Movies Walks has started a new blog and asked me to contribute. I hope you’ll visit Michael’s Easy Hikes. Now on to an author [...]
There were actually only three entries in the contest to win the t-shirt that says “I guess there are never enough books.” So deciding on a winner was not as difficult as usual. The winner, Casey Freeland, who, after a rather lame start about hiding a tattoo, goes on to promise us WORLD PEACE. How [...]
I hope you had a terrific Bastille Day. Thank you to all who commented (prolifically) since July 1st. I know that some of you were hoping to win a prize in the Bastille Day Giveaway, and others just had something to say. I am the winner because I got lots of new ideas for French [...]
THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. STICK AROUND FOR AN ITALIAN GIVEAWAY. Bastille Day Giveaway Closes tomorrow night at midnight (MST/Arizona). Winners will be announced on Friday, July 16. SEVEN Prizes: $80 Gift Certificate that you can use at ANY of 200 CSN Stores, like the vanity store. TWO copies of Fodor’s travel guide to France. A [...]
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Remember every comment you make between now and July 14 constitutes an entry in the Bastillle Day contest. (Click to get complete information,) Remember that the $80 gift certificate can be applied to one of the items pictured or to thousands more choices. The more entrants there are the more prizes I will add. Today [...]
Here’s a brief version of our monthly run-down of popular stuff and the people who contributed to A Traveler’s Library in June. Movies and mysteries dominate the head of the list.
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I made a list of 257 comments, tweets and people who had subscribed during May. And then I went to Random.org and asked them to pick a number. They picked 83. I looked. It was Laura Baran. Congratulations to Laura, winner of the A La Carte map of her choice. (She tells me she’s thinking [...]
Summer Doldrums
July started off with a couple of bangs–We took a 4th of July trip to Carmel and a Bastille Day contest celebrated the month of Independence. But like most bloggers, I noticed the traffic slip away as people give in to the heat of lethargy or take off for vacation.
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