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Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:23:21 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Traditions:
Eileen said, "What I’m Reading: Time Commentary, TraditionsJust read a commentary in the Jan. 5 2009 (!) issue of Time (last week's man of the year issue - talk about time warp!), called Listen to the Kids. Nancy Gibbs is writing about how important traditions..." more
Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:53:20 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled young and German visiting America:
Eileen said, "Florida photos and new friendsReturned from Florida on Monday - just don't ask me why. I flew from Tampa to Minneapolis and then to Madison. The flight from Minneapolis was delayed an hour because the hose from the water truck was frozen to the..." more
Saturday, November 8, 2008 7:47:25 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Hard Times, Scary Times:
Eileen said, "Been trying to think about what I want to record about the current and very worrisome, to say the least, economic and political headlines. Politically, I'm more and more disgusted by the system that continues to focus on ridicule and..." more
Saturday, November 8, 2008 7:47:25 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled What I'm Reading: Time Magazine, Presidential Qualities:
Eileen said, "Ok, I am so far behind now on my Time Magazines that I have started a "Time: the Lost Issues" pile, which currently includes one May, three July, and two August issues. I have two October issues to read, plus the newest, dated October 27. So I have..." more
Monday, October 6, 2008 8:20:30 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Something Wonderful:
Eileen said, "Ohmygosh, this is by far the longest I've gone between blogs ever. And it's definitely not for lack of things to write about. Besides all the "normal" stuff which already makes for very full days, I've been pushing myself hard to get as much done on..." more
Monday, October 6, 2008 8:20:30 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Why We Blog:
Eileen said, "There's been an interesting discussion on the children's writers listserve the last few days about writers' blogs: which ones they read, and what they write. General consensus is, would be nice to have more time to read what everyone is saying,..." more
Saturday, June 7, 2008 6:41:26 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled A Question of Ticks:
Eileen said, "High on the list of questions I plan on taking to the pearly gates is "Why ticks?" I mean, what was He thinking?! I know that chickens eat them, but there obviously aren't enough chickens around here, and I'm pretty sure there's enough other stuff..." more
Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:00:07 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Revision Update:
Eileen said, "Got all the way through chapters 1 and 2 with pen and paper, AND got all those changes put in the computer. Put 1 and 2 together and split 3 into 2 and printed those 30 some pages out. Started going through those pages with pen. Will finish that..." more
Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:44:41 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen in Mt Morris WI:
Eileen said, "I'm listening to a Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen cd that I bought last night at their concert and reliving a wonderful evening. Thanks, of course, to my friend Tom, the folk music wise man (and wise guy) of these parts, I learned about the..." more
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:59:32 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Top Ten Favorite Books:
Eileen said, "The day job requires extremely focused and intense mental energy all day every day. I'm usually so mentally fatigued by about 3 p.m. it's all I can do to blunder my way till 4:30 or 5, and then how I find my way home through the mess of county..." more
Saturday, April 5, 2008 11:14:44 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled The care and feeding of a children's writer:
Eileen said, "If memory serves (and that’s a big IF), when I started this blog, I had in mind that it might be a way to communicate with other writers, particularly children’s writers, and that I would be journaling about writing. I guess that coincided with..." more
Monday, March 31, 2008 12:29:26 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled So much to read, so little time:
Eileen said, "My new Time Magazine arrived on Friday, and I added it to the pile, which now includes issues dated March 17, March 24, March 31, and April 7. I’m used to being about a week, maybe two behind, but this is ridiculous. When I was teaching, I would..." more
Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:48:16 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Dealing with Life:
Eileen said, "Talking things outAfter writing about some of the things on my mind last night, I got to thinking, I hope it doesn't seem as if I'm looking for someone to tell me what to do or solve my problems for me. I know that everyone has their own problems,..." more
Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:17:32 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled So Sick of Winter:
Eileen said, "Enough with Winter Already!I am seriously sick of winter. I'm not kidding. I know that it does no good to complain about the weather, and I know everybody else in these parts is sick of it too, but goddamnit, how much more of this can we take?! I..." more
Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:18:14 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Too Much Stuff:
Eileen said, "What do you do when you have too much stuff? Current mood: trying to get organizedI've got some big time simplifying to do. That's what I call having to clean out and get rid of "stuff." I've got a lot of stuff, and now that I live in my little..." more
Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:18:14 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Livin' rural:
Eileen said, "Seems like just about everybody in these parts has a "frozen pipes" story somewhere along the line, and now I do too. Now that I'm living in my trailer, I needed a washer and dryer. I bought a new highly efficient wash machine, which should let me..." more
Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:18:13 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Getting my bounce back:
Eileen said, "It's been a very challenging year and a half or so. I was working as a middle school social studies teacher. I loved teaching history, but I worked too hard and I cared too much and for a variety of reasons I decided that I needed to quit that job..." more
Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:18:13 PM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled Moving in:
Eileen said, "The move to my place in the pines has been a process, maybe even an evolution, that has been going on for many months as I shifted my focus from home in Fontana to my trailer home. I now consider myself "moved in" because my Cindy cat is with me and..." more
Saturday, February 9, 2008 9:06:42 AM
Eileen Lucas commented on Marie Boyum's Profile:
Eileen said, "Thanks for letting me know about jacketflap. I hope to spend some time learning more about it this weekend. It seems like a good place - and I agree, people who write for kids, care about kids and kids lit, are good people to hang out with!"
Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:23:21 AM
Eileen Lucas wrote a blog post titled The Lamest Duck:
Eileen said, "What I'm Reading: a Time essay about a failed presidencyWhile on my recent trip to Florida, I alternated between reading Time Magazine and Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope. I was underlining things like crazy in Hope, and will have plenty of thoughts..." more