Mamacita says: It’s getting closer. IT’S GETTING CLOSER. Everyone whose spirit of celebration is still alive and quickening, hark! There are a lot of old, boring, easily offended, humorless people out there who don’t care much for the excitement, the wonder, the … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I had a yard sale today, and I have come to the following conclusions: 1. People who bring $20 bills to yard sales are jerks. 2. Many things I considered valuable mean nothing to other people. 3. Many … Continue reading
Mamacita says: How well do you know children’s and young adult literature? Can you give me the author and title from whence the following quotations are taken? Some of them are quite obvious if you’re any kind of reader, while … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Watching Duck Dynasty might be number one, but there are still a lot of things I haven’t done. I didn’t realize how many things I’ve never done compared to the number of things I HAVE done. Then again, … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Sometimes, teachers assume that their students have a background in cultural literacy when in fact they do not. And sometimes, helping a student make and understand a connection between one thing and another, makes it all worthwhile. Sometimes, … Continue reading
Mamacita says: If I owned the biggest and best thesaurus in the universe, I still would not be able to find a word accurate enough to fully express my disgust and loathing of book banning and censorship, nor of the … Continue reading