Kelly Bennett's Blog

Gobble Gobble Gobble! That’s what I’ll be doing tomorrow. Maybe you, too? Or maybe you’ve already enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast and will be going in for seconds…or thirds. Or your feasting is yet to come. Regardless of what you’ll eat, where you’ll go, what you’ll do, or whether you’ll celebrate alone or with other, let’s take a moment to reflect on reasons we have to give thanks. (For if you are reading this, then like me, you do have reasons.)

Winter hit this week. It is FREEEEEEEZING! I know deep in my rattlin’ bones that I’ll get used to the cold (soon, please) even embrace wearing bulky comfy clothes to brave the outdoors—or, more likely, use the cold as an excuse to stay inside: Baby it’s cold outside!

In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak attend the Fourth of July celebration. As the fireworks bloom overhead, Freak calls them out in all the chemical compound glory:

“Magnesium!” (Freak) shouts as the white sparkles glitter down over the pond. “Potassium chlorate!” as the shells go womp-womp-womp and everybody goes oooooh. “Potassium nitrate! Sulphur! Aluminum!” And after ...

Almost time for Halloween! Tricky Norman the Goldfish has a surprise guest for you!

Are you ready for . . .

All of us is sorry for or about something. (If you’re not, then lucky you!)

Words! Words! Words!

I’m so sick of words!

I hear words all day through/first from him, now from you/is that all you blighters can do?*

Because it’s October and Norman the Goldfish loves doing tricks—and loves gobbling treats—we’re kicking off Halloween a little early with some BOOs for YOU!