So how was the conference?

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I bought a new camera last week because Michael is taking his to college with him. I took some pictures at the conference. Now, I need to load the software and figure out the program and...
Did I mention that I'm still digging out the basement packing Michael for college?
Cindy has a nice conference narration here, with lots of pictures.Michele has pictures and notes on her blog. And Ruth captured the day, too.
Let me know if you blog the conference and I'll link to you here.

What the Reviewers Are Saying...

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I was reading reviews of Real Learning at Amazon yesterday and I found this one:

              

 

      

                Booklist in the back is worth the price of the book alone...., December 20, 2006       

      

       

      

This was one of the most refreshing reads I've experienced in a long time. This book inspired me to take my children on some nature walks and just to enjoy being with them. Treat yourself and your family by reading this book. The booklist in the back (as well as the chapter on preventing burnout) is worth the price of the book. Check out from the library first, but I guarantee you'll want to have it on the bookshelf!

What a kind review, Mary McCarthy in Minnesota! Thank you!

Now, at the risk of annoying my publisher, you don't have to buy the book to get the booklist. You can read it here. I hope it blesses you as you plan for the year ahead.

And...the list is going to change. We are revising and reorganizing before printing the second edition of Real Learning. Now, while I clean out my basement pack Michael for college, won't you take a moment to leave a comment and tell me any books you think should be included on the new, improved list and how we can organize the list to better serve you?

Writer's block

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When I first started writing a column fourteen years ago, I worried about running out of things to write. When Lissa persuaded me to blog a year ago, I still worried about the same thing.  And the advice was the same: write about what you care about; if you don't stop caring, you won't stop writing. And that is why blogging might be very light these next couple of weeks. I have lots of ideas, lots of them. But I don't care about them.

There is a box of linens in the rec room; a trunk in the foyer; he's pinned his pre-season training schedule and his fall class schedule to the refrigerator. He's moved his desktop out of his room and he's actually picked all his clothes up off the floor. He's leaving. And it's hard to care about anything else.

But the fact of the matter is, he reads this blog. He's shared his life with my readers since he was very little. And he doesn't need to know over and over again how sorry I am to see him go. So, I won't write right now, at least not nearly as much as I care.