Come out, come out, wherever you are… Yes, we’re talking about coming out. Can you believe it? I know. I’m going there. Sort of. Not really. But actually, yes, really, in the most real sense. Cause coming out is for everybody, whether June is your favorite month, or you’d just rather skip right over this […]
Read More PODCAST-Coming out of Hiding… with Morgan and Cherie SnyderWhy do you think the way you do? Wouldn’t you like to know… As it turns out, though, you’re in luck (if you believe in that kind of thing… and if you do, why do you? Wouldn’t you like… wait, I’m caught in a loop, someone help me) Now where was I? Ah yes, luck. […]
Read More PODCAST- Worldview and you, with Michael CravenSo you think you’re too grown up for #kidlit, do you now? Well, think again, my friend, cause once you hear this thoroughly delightful Misfit conversation with Amanda Cleary Eastep, Senior Developmental Editor at Moody Publishing, and a fine author in her own right… you’ll abandon all such foolish notions. And then, if you know what’s […]
Read More PODCAST- Amanda Cleary Eastep & #Kidlit: It’s not just for #kids, you know…Don’t you just love a good old fashioned underdog story? Until that underdog, of course, is you. That’s a DIFFERENT story altogether. Let’s face it. It’s much more fun to watch one of them there inspirational tales of the bedraggled and feckless protagonist, struggling against all odds to find their place in this all too […]
Read More PODCAST- Hope in the Madness, Part 4: WeaknessDon’t worry. Be Happy. You’ll get none of that trite nonsense in today’s episode (no offense, Bobby McFarrin). We all get sad sometimes. There’s no getting around it. But what do we do with it? How do we navigate through it, without getting swallowed up in it? Bob Redd’s back for episode 3 in our […]
Read More PODCAST- Hope in the Madness, Part 3: Sadness :^(Nobody likes angry people. You know it. I know it. David Banner knows it. But sometimes we just can’t avoid them. Or avoid it. The anger is real. And it manifests itself in lots of things: Petty things. Annoying things. Really big, injustice things. All the things. So what to do? What to do? Well, […]
Read More PODCAST: Hope in the Madness, Part 2 – AngrinessOnce upon a time… way back in March, I wrote about Madness, cause it just seemed the thing to do. (You can read that post here, then come back. Don’t worry, we’ll wait…). In fact, you might say I got kind of hooked on Madness, as it seems the whole world is similarly hooked these […]
Read More PODCAST: Hope In the Madness, Part IHave you noticed that the entire world seems to have collectively LOST ITS EVER-LOVING MIND? Maybe it’s just me. Nah. Kidding. It’s definitely the world. There’s madness afoot, I tell you. Sheer stark-raving March Madness out there. And not the fun basketball kind, either. But I bet you already knew that. But then again, I […]
Read More March Madness and the definition of all thingsThis is a tale of a progressive post. It all started with wanting to write about Ravi Zacharias, as up until a few hours or so ago, it was the bloggiest thing to do, at least in certain bloggy circles. And what good am I as a blogger, anyway, if I don’t seize the moment […]
Read More Ravi, Rush, and a Ravishing Italian… on Ash WednesdayHither and thitherwe flit, float, and never reachwe endlessly search ******************************* You see those three dots…ah, the anticipation…what will they text next? ********************************* teeny critter tracksin the freshly fallen snowit never gets old ********************************* It’s Valentine’s DayJust kidding, you still have time!Go on, get going ********************************* Too free for the boundToo tethered for deludedAh, that […]
Read More MISFIT MONDAY: A Random Haiku or two… for you
Isle of misfits 