Three Reasons to Love the O’Malley Family

This post has been a long time coming. It’s also never going to be able to hold all my love for Dee Henderson’s O’Malley Series. But I’m sure as heck going to try my best to convey it. The O’Malley Series includes seven suspense novels....

What Anime is Teaching Me About Storytelling

Last week, I talked a bit about anime and me, so you know that I’m not the world’s leading expert in Japanese animation. Sword Art Online, in particular, taught me a lot about the seemingly endless power of storytelling, though, so today, I want to share some of those...

Merry Christmas! 2017

Merry Christmas to you, lovely readers! I will never forget the morning, years and years ago, when my grandmother told me that she knew Santa Claus. “I went up to the North Pole to help the elves make these clothes,” she told me as I put one of the new...

Peace: A Poem

From the files of 12-year-old Aquinnah Bree comes “Peace”, a Christmas poem. Merry Christmas Eve from me to you! Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the church Not a boy or a girl dared to lurch. The choir came up to sing their carols To my...

Anime and Me: A History

Back in August, when a dear friend of mine suggested that I watch anime to alleviate my end-of-summer blues, I was confused but hopeful. I was bored of listening to music and Gilmore Girls (*gasp*) while unpacking my new house. So, after a brief lesson in changing...

Stuff that Happened at the Old Dance Studio

Yesterday, my dance studio of the past six and a half years moved locations. The owner, one of my biggest inspirations and revered mentors, held a workday to clean out the old building and move its belongings into the new one. I couldn’t go. I would’ve...

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