Part of going to Jordan for Tabby, Mabel and Hugh is learning how to be part of a proper archeological dig. So I’ve been researching the schedule, tasks and what it takes to unearth treasures thousands of years old. It’s going to be very hot, very sweaty and very labor intensive for these teens as […]
I’m starting to feel excited about Christmas! I know it’s only November 11 and the big day is 6 weeks away but I had to get the Christmas owls out today. I made this white one this afternoon and the red owls were gifts to my children. A few times I shared a table at our […]
I’ve been wanting to see this one for a while, especially since I saw an interview with Angelina Jolie talking about how fun it was to play this role and be so evil. Jolie is a marvel and in this sweet retelling of Sleeping Beauty, complete with fairies, trolls and dragons, I have to say, […]
Thanks for your interest in me and my Mabel Hartley series. This is beyond everything I could have dreamed!
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You know it’s a bad sign when everyone in the audience fidgets through a film and bolts for the exit as soon as the credits start to roll. Leaving the theatre, I even heard someone say, “that was just too far out.” For almost three hours we watched a cast of Oscar winners try to rescue a […]
I spent the best part of my day sitting in a darkened movie theatre marveling at this sweet little film that made me think about my lifelong love for Bill Murray. I was 11 years old when Bill Murray starred in Ghostbusters. And now thirty years later, he makes me feel like a kid again, only […]
Some weeks things just go everywhere. A glass shatters, being knocked from the counter and there’s the crash and a check to see if everyone is wearing socks so no further damage can be done with big pieces of glass. We sweep up the glass, saying “that’s why we buy 20 glasses for 20 bucks,” but […]
Blackberry crumble is my favorite winter desert and that’s mostly because of the time my daughter and I spend picking them in the hot summer sun. Blackberries are like nectre to me. They are of the the great joys of life and I love to celebrate them.
J.E. Reddington 