Thanks Blogger

How nice of you Blogger.

You returned my followers to me.

I was beginning to wonder.

A Quickie

Blog Award to Rowenna of Hyaline Prosaic.

Nothing for you to do. Just stuff the Blog on Fire under you arm and take it :)

YA Controversy

First things first, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Absolute and sacrosanct.

Now let’s get down to business.

Like television and movies, reading content has changed over the years, particularly in the genre of Young Adult.

All three push the limits of what they can get by the censors. When Whatis-His-Face bared his derriere on TV, critics and fans went ‘oooooh, how unique”.

Eh, maybe. Guess I’ve seen enough bare butts though.

Is voyeurism human nature? Or is it our rebellious attitude, the ‘you can’t tell me what to do’, kind of stuff?

Whatever.

One article about the content of YA novels is in the Wall Street Journal. Literary agent, Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary, also has an opinion and expresses it quite thoroughly.

This makes for good debate and there is nothing better than civilized conversation.

My opinion?

Like TV, the modern YA genre pushes the boundaries of what should be Young Adult. Risqué content, mindless violence, graphic adult situations; all come under the YA tab partly for the shock factor, the Its Never Been Done Before!! and is therefore quite amaaaaazing. *insert tongue in cheek here*

Personally, I disagree with the designation of YA for some novels.

Bottom line. Read the YA book before handing it over to your kid. Do not let some publisher/editor/agent/author tell you what your child should read.

Be responsible.

Tonganoxie Split

Tonganoxie is a city in northeast Kansas, population around 5000. Named for a Native American from the Delaware tribe who lived near the site of the town, it is known for a weather phenomenon called, ‘The Tonganoxie Split’.


Weather systems boil up in central Kansas and move with determination to the northeast, hit the area of Tonganoxie and split apart. Like a wave hitting the prow of a ship, the mass goes north and south and spares the region.

At least, that is the myth.

Northwest Missouri is in line with the so-called Tonganoxie Split. Sometimes is works, sometimes it doesn’t. Like about all legends.

Whatever, it sure makes for good growing conditions.

From Jenn

Thank you, Jenn.
Awards are one way to spread the wealth of friendship and humbleness.
Visit her website at Into The Wild Blue Yonder, an excellent blog of photos and good feelings.

Thank you again.