Susan Adrian

I'ts FRIDAY!! It's been a long, up-and-down week, but we made it. In honor of my good friend Tiffany Schmidt--who generously made 15...

Today I can't decide if I'm this: (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/80835774@N00/402535941/ ) Or this: (from http://www.flickr.com/...

If I use only the pink pencil, it will be a good day. If I don't check my email until 9:30, the email I want will be waiting. If I wear ...

Last night Child was suddenly a fount of wisdom. I couldn't resist transcribing a few sparkly thoughts for your enjoyment: On reading: ...

Because I KNOW you love pictures. Right? Um...RIGHT? The weather is like THIS: (from http://myweb.whitman.syr.edu/cchung/dipa_sha/ ) Someti...

It's Tiara Day!! Put a tiara on your avatar (or use a picture of a tiara) and join in!! Most of the fun is on twitter, at #tiaraday .

Announcement: Tomorrow is Tiara Day!! Slap a tiara on your avatar and join in the celebration! This weekend I was thinking about a few thing...

I love that I caught Child twice in the past day sneaking reading when she was supposed to be doing something else. I love that we just got ...

The Folk Festival was fabulous.* My favorite moments were dancing with Child and Hubby rightupfront for the Chicago blues band and the New O...

So I've been keeping busy. I always think summer is going to be relaxing, but it's actually the busiest time of the year. It makes s...

Child's blue dotted octopus sloth poem and picture, created this morning for YOU! The Blue Dotted Octopus Sloth Poem The blue dotted oct...

My Topics of Thought right now, in picture code. Because isn't picture code more fun sometimes? (photo from http://gardendaily.blogspot....

It's a well-known parentism that when you give a toddler an expensive toy, they'd rather play with the box. Sometimes I want to be l...

And the winner, selected by random draw, is... Emily_YA! Congrats, Emily! Email me which of the Shakespeare prizes you want, and I'll ge...

As promised, here's an *exclusive* interview with the lovely and talented Lisa Mantchev , author of EYES LIKE STARS. (which I reviewed y...

Tomorrow, I'll be posting an exclusive interview with EYES LIKE STARS author Lisa Mantchev . Here's the blurb for EYES LIKE STARS: A...

I was thinking this weekend about that perennial question authors ask themselves, and each other: How do you know when the book is done? Whe...

Finally I've got my teeth into a new book. All new. Brand new. Shiny and tempting and lovely. Sparkly like this: Or this: Or especially ...

So the winners of the Tiara Day contest (announced on Twitter this weekend) were: First prize (first pick): @JoanneLevy Second prize: @Deadl...

Happy ULTRA-MEGA Tiara Day, everybody!!! As explained yesterday, to celebrate I'm holding an ULTRA-MEGA contest. The prize: One of these...