Hard to Be-Leaf It's Already Fall Again
(Sorry, I couldn't help myself) I live on a gorgeous, tree-lined street in Northern Virginia, not too far outside Washington, DC. My...
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laurenkroberts
Nov 13, 20221 min read
Why Yes, I Will be Wearing My Book All Winter
To be an author is to be constantly looking for ways to tell people about your books. Since I've only published one so far, my publicity...
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laurenkroberts
Nov 5, 20222 min read
Falling Back
In a way, it sounds like a bad thing - we usually associate falling with negative experiences: falling off a bike, falling out of a...
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laurenkroberts
Oct 22, 20222 min read
How We Ended Up with a Giant, Inflatable Dragon
The kids and I have always enjoyed decorating for Halloween, but they kicked our decorations up a notch about four years ago. That year,...
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laurenkroberts
Oct 17, 20222 min read
A Cat Named Croissant
Last week my ten-year-old daughter and I dropped my son off at tae kwon do, and since we had time to kill and the weather was nice, we...
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laurenkroberts
Aug 20, 20223 min read
The First Day of School
This is me, in front of my first elementary school (I moved a lot, so I went to more than one) back in the early '80s. Looking back, it's...
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laurenkroberts
Jul 31, 20222 min read
A Return to a Summer Tradition... Sort of
When my youngest daughter was two years old, my in-laws offered to take all three kids for an extended visit at their house in Texas...
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laurenkroberts
Jun 19, 20223 min read
Getting Crafty for Father's Day
I've gone through several crafty phases as an adult. The biggest ones were scrapbooking and cross-stitching. (I'm not sure if cupcake...
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laurenkroberts
Jun 4, 20222 min read
Never Mind March - For Me, May Was the Month that Went Out Like a Lion
Today was supposed to be the second book signing on my five stop "tour" that I posted about a couple weeks ago. Let's just say things did...
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laurenkroberts
May 1, 20222 min read
Maryland Day 2022 at University of Maryland, College Park
Considering the fact that we live about an hour from the campus where my husband and I both graduated (22 and 23 years ago,...
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laurenkroberts
Apr 22, 20222 min read
The Quarton Lake Skate
(Originally posted on January 13, 2022) Ahhh, the 80s… we look back now and wonder what in the world everyone was thinking. This could...
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laurenkroberts
Apr 22, 20221 min read
How to Jinx Your Publication Date
(Originally Posted on November 9, 2021) It has been brought to my attention that my blog is not going to write itself… so I guess I’d...
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laurenkroberts
Apr 22, 20223 min read
Just What 2021 Was Missing - Invisible, Flesh-Eating Mites
(Originally Posted on August 14, 2021) Okay, that may be a little dramatic, but I saw a New York Post headline the other day that...
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