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Short Story: Enjoy the Poodle Skirt (Part One)

The bedroom light flicked on, and I blinked awake. No storybook sunlight drifted in through the windows, just Aunt Julie standing in the doorway saying a cheery, “Rise and dine!” Faster than I could squeeze my eyes shut against the light, I remembered where I was and sat up quickly nearly banging my head on the top bunk. Ignoring this, I carefully rolled out of bed, sprang to my feet, and gave Aunt Julie a good morning hug.

She laughed pleasantly. “Wow, you’re wide awake!”

“It’s day one of se...

Short Story: Enjoy the Poodle Skirt Part One

The bedroom light flicked on, and I blinked awake. No storybook sunlight drifted in through the windows, just Aunt Julie standing in the doorway saying a cheery, “Rise and dine!” Faster than I could squeeze my eyes shut against the light, I remembered where I was and sat up quickly nearly banging my head on the top bunk. Ignoring this, I carefully rolled out of bed, sprang to my feet, and gave Aunt Julie a good morning hug.

She laughed pleasantly. “Wow, you’re wide awake!”

“It’s day one of se...

Gone Camping

I just charged myKindle and downloaded seven books on it (although the Sherlock Holmes collection technically counts as 4+ books). I helped my family make apple pie and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies (both regular and gluten free). I searched through my closet for warmer clothes. I decided on my current most important notebook. I grabbed our favorite games and tucked everything into a tote-bag. Why?

We’re going camping!!! It’s technically only day tripping, but we are blessed to be able...

We Are Writers

This is just a little something I thought of (not at three in the morning specifically but definitely when I should have been sleeping). Please note that it isn’t poetry–I can’t write that for the life of me!–but I hope it blesses you.

Exciting Things

Right now I’m super excited about fourthings–mainly.

Number one: the second Green Ember book released yesterday!!! Hooray for more rabbits with swords.

Book Series Review: The Princess in Black

The other day in the library (every post should start this way), I couldn’t find the books I was looking for.They must have been pretty popular since there wasn’t even one copy there to represent the series.

I found thesebooks by Shannon and Dean Hale instead. There’s always a silver lining.

Kellyn Roth Interview

Join me in welcoming author Kellyn Roth to Once Upon an Ordinary! *toasts with hot chocolate*

Thanks for having me here, Kate!

Jonny Jimison Interview

Check out Jonny Jimison’s Kickstarter campaign and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Mid-Year Book Freak-Out Tag

I like to do these tags on Mondays, but since I don’t have any free ones for awhile (and this is already a bit overdue) I thought it might as well work for today.

Book Review: The Doll with the Yellow Star

“Nine-year-old Claudine doesn’t want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn’t want to. It’s wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a...