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\nLook at that number up there. FIVE HUNDRED WEEKS<\/font><\/strong> of kickin’, you all! Hard to believe, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
I think that it’s fitting that we are celebrating kicking on a day that is a sad anniversary for so many people (9\/11), because the whole idea of kicking is trying your damnedest to find the light in something, even if it’s been a hard week. There are some weeks it’s even hard for me to find seven whole kicks, but I usually manage it. It’s a good little exercise, huh? <\/p>\n
So, thank you all for kickin’ with me for so long — for meeting here every Sunday to take the time to reflect (as I type every week) on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. (Thanks to Eisha, who founded the blog with me, for that wording.) I’m re-posting this image from Carin Bramsen<\/a><\/strong>. As I note on this page<\/a><\/strong> of my site, where I explain what 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks are, kicks kind of make you feel like the children in that image do, even if you\u2019re not wearing a tutu on your head. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Illustration from <\/em>The Yellow Tutu<\/a><\/strong>. Copyright 2009 by Kirsten Bramsen. Illustration \u00a9 2009 by Carin Bramsen. Published by Random House, New York, NY. Illustration here used with permission of illustrator.<\/em><\/p>\n 1)<\/strong><\/font> I went to Boston this week. I love to travel. <\/p>\n 2)<\/strong><\/font> I visited the Horn Book<\/em> offices. <\/p>\n 3)<\/strong><\/font> I got to see some co-workers, whom I only see once a year. <\/p>\n 4)<\/strong><\/font> An old demo of R.E.M.’s “Radio Song” on this episode<\/a><\/strong> of All Songs Considered. <\/p>\n
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