Deanna Hoak

The best gifts in the world are these two wonderful, beautiful kids I have. I had an utterly lovely Christmas, and I hope all of you did, too, whatever the day means to you.

We drove out to the Cape to see the launch of the shuttle last night. It was incredible, and I’m so glad to have been able to show it to the kids. We can watch the launches from our front porch (we’re not that far from the Cape), but we really just see a plume [...]

The comment spam on my site is getting bad enough that I’m going to stop going through what the spam blocker picks up–there’s just too much of it. The blocker is not perfect, though, and in the past has deleted genuine comments. If you don’t see a comment of yours appear in a reasonable time [...]

I’m sure all of you here read The Mumpsimus anyway, but if any of you haven’t clicked over to Matt Cheney’s essay “What Is Appropriate”–about teaching books that contain sex–I really recommend that you do so. It’s thoughtful and thought-provoking and raises issues that even people without kids should be aware of.