Author: Emily Sara Smucker
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April Blogging Challenge 2k18 (Day 1)
Hello all, and welcome back to the April Blogging Challenge! Every year, mom, Jenny, and I blog every day in the month of April. This year we roped Amy into joining as well. Here is our current posting plan: Sundays: Me Mondays: Mom Tuesdays: Jenny Wednesdays: Me Thursdays: Mom Fridays: Jenny Saturdays: Amy That’s all…
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Bye, Sprwinter
Today I decided that I don’t have to like February/March. I feel like I should. I mean, there’s the whole “live life to the fullest” thing. But even more, I always thought my least favorite season was winter, and my favorite season was spring, so should’t I love the moment winter begins to turn to…
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February Book Winner
The winner of my February book giveaway is… Natasha Yoder! Congrats, Natasha. I sent you an email. As for the rest of you unlucky losers, worry not! I shall give away another book at the end of March.
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February Book Giveaway
I think I’ll start doing a book giveaway every month, at least until I run out of books to give away. Starting with this book. Beverly Cleary was a favorite author of mine growing up. Throughout the years, my Dad read pretty much all of the Ramona Quimby books to me. Cleary is one of…
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Things that Lurk in Google Drive
My friend Janane was looking over my shoulder and laughing. “What’s so funny?” “Your google drive! Mine is full of random pictures, and yours is full of random documents.” This makes sense when you consider that she is a photographer and I am a writer. In any case, this inspired me to poke through some…
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What Goes Wrong Where I Work
Of course the first comment on my last post asked me, “So, where YOU work, what is likely to go wrong?” I should have anticipated that this question might come up. I was basically asking for it. But I still have avoided writing this blog post because in order to say what goes wrong where…
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How to sound like you don’t know what you’re talking about
So I was reading this bit of historical fiction. The author had obviously done a lot of research into the time period she was writing about. She included all the details. But I still found it almost impossible to suspend my disbelief. I had this nearly overwhelming feeling that the author didn’t know what she…
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The Great Thrift Store Haul
I miss making videos, so I decided to make one. This is Jenny and I chatting about our recent thrift store hauls.
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 