Photo by Lucy Fowler Drag-Queen Cleo (aka DQC) attended her first high school football game Friday night at Decatur High School's season opener. She accompanied me as I did my duty as a football mom and worked the concession stand.(Under the threat of death by mortification, I've been forbidden to talk about my son or his performance, though I can say it was a good night.) DQC … [Read more...] about Drag-Queen Cleo: “It’s All About Me, Darling”
Cleopatra & Her Daughter
Friday Fun–Drag-Queen Cleo Style
I'm back from a family vacation involving regular dunkings into freezing rapids and screaming myself hoarse on a zipline. Which basically means I didn't have the time to scour the web and/or wrack my brain for anything funny (seriously, fainting takes a lot out of you).I did, however, remember to bring Drag-Queen Cleo to the North Georgia mountains. And she had, as usual, … [Read more...] about Friday Fun–Drag-Queen Cleo Style
Want the Real Dirt on Cleopatra? Check This Out
Drag queen Cleo sez: "Take the class. But first you must kneel and bow to me!"Isn't technology grand? Now you can study with a renown Cleopatra expert, online. Dr. Prudence Jones of Montclair State University is offering a summer online class on the great queen. Dr. Jones holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Wellesley College. She has published three … [Read more...] about Want the Real Dirt on Cleopatra? Check This Out
On the Kindness of Children’s Book Authors
The Southern Kentucky Book (SOKY) Festival rocked for so many reasons: I got to hang with Kristin Tubb, met Cynthea Liu in person, and made new connections with the awesome Philana Marie Boles and Jen Bradbury. But I will always remember it as the festival where fellow author Tracy Barrett brought me a special surprise. Tracy and I had never met face-to-face, though she was … [Read more...] about On the Kindness of Children’s Book Authors
Cleopatra Action-Figure Spotted in South Georgia
While traveling in Americus, Georgia, Queen Cleopatra VII took a liking to a magazine called, Garden & Gun.The last queen of Egypt explains the wisdom of combining gardens with guns. "I am quite impressed," she explained, "by this unique and delicious combination of the feminine and masculine, of the sweet and the violent."The Garden part lures the reader in with the … [Read more...] about Cleopatra Action-Figure Spotted in South Georgia
