by tanyaagler | Jan 26, 2015 | reading
My grandmother used to love to start jigsaw puzzles in winter. A huge football fan, she’d wait for college bowl games to end. The second they did out came the 1000 piece puzzles and we’d sort through the pieces to find the edged ones to put those together first....
by tanyaagler | Jan 21, 2015 | writing
Think about the book you’re reading. If you’re on the first ten pages, think about the last book you read. Where did your favorite scene take place? Did it take place in a living room or a kitchen? Probably not. Did it take place during dinner or breakfast? Probably...
by tanyaagler | Jan 18, 2015 | pets
What do Alice, Pink Floyd, and Cheers have in common? Vera. On Alice, there was a ditzy but lovable waitress named Vera. There is a Pink Floyd song entitled Vera. And, of course, on Cheers, Norm’s much-discussed but never-seen long-suffering wife was named Vera. There...
by tanyaagler | Jan 14, 2015 | reading
As a parent of an inquisitive five-year-old, I often get asked about time. How many seconds are in two hours? How many minutes are in a day? How many hours are in a week? And to sound like a cliché, it’s times like that I realize I need six or seven clones or thirty...
by tanyaagler | Jan 10, 2015 | music
I grew up with music all around me. My official job when I was seven years old was the record flipper. Whenever the record finished with Side A, my job was to flip it over to Side B and be careful with the needle not to scratch the record. My parents loved...
