And as Shir makes her post, it reminds me that is is SEEKRIT GIFT EXCHANGE TIME!!!

The world is a dumpster fire inside of another dumpster fire, but forget all about that for a couple of months. Be silly! Be generous! Be curious! Be thoughtful! Be PRESENT! (do you see what I did there?)

Join me and other Buffistas in our Annual Gift Exchange. email me at b.org.msbelle at gmail, or if you already have an elfster account you might be able to search for the gift exchange there (this is untested, I am speculating) I have sent you an invite, or I should have - ping me if you think you have an account and did not get one. This year we are called B.org! 2018 Most online Friends observe Gift Exchange or the MoFo Gift Exchange for short!

Deadline to join is next Saturday - 1 WEEK!!! And then I will have elfster make matches. COME ONE, COME ALL!

Last day to join the MoFo Gift Exchange. Now is also the time to share with me any match restrictions participants may want (no one will get matched with who they had last year, but other than that I have made no limits), also the time to ask any pressing questions and the time to let me know if you are interested in being part of the MoFo Mayhem Elves.

You can sign up here: [link]

Our email has been down (domain issues at fogelson.com, my DH IT Department tells me)the last few days, so if you've been trying to reach me or hoping to hear from me, sorry! Hope it's fixed shortly.

I should have posted sooner, but the MoFo gift exchange draw has been done and you should have received an email.

I think there is a late signer upper, I can still add people now, but email me so it's not obvious who the late people are. If we have some late comers, it means people who already got a draw could do a re-draw if there is some reason for it. Again, email me.

Is anyone interested in doing a slacker exchange? deadline for gifts arrival would be more like Valentine's Day. Email me or message me on FB.

Latest blog post: [link] Happy holidays!

I've been busy with other things, but the beta site of the new board is very much ready for testing. Things are at the point where it's just finding and squashing bugs as well as filling out the static content like FAQ and things.

Admins, you'll find that the Admin section allows the creation and editing of static content pages directly on the site.

As always you can find the beta site at beta.buffistas.me. It is open to everybody. If you use your login from this board, you'll be asked to reset your password (the security is greatly increased on the new site) but you can can reset it to the same password. This is necessary to generate a new and more secure password hash.

ack I hate promo.

If you are a middle grade teacher and you want a school visit or skype, please come to talk with me via the usual means.

If you are a librarian and you want more information about the book coming in April (MG) or the novella (adult) coming in June, same.

I have been gone oh, so long. Partly because it felt like my ongoing housing woes sort of wore out my welcome. That is coming to a close...I'll say more in Bitches.

For now though, this is my annual, blatant request for click support. For the fifth year in a row, I am participating in the Washington City Paper "Best of" poll. I won the first year and have come in second every year since.

I am officially the AVIS of DC's life coaches!

It's a fun contest, but more than that, it steers people who would never find me otherwise to google and yelp.

It costs nothing and no one is ever spammed.

If you are of a mind, please click here and go to the bottom of the page. Click on 'People and Places' and scroll down 11 slots to Best Life Coach and write in my name: Bonny King-Taylor.

I would be so grateful for the boost. Honestly, I'm really only shooting for second place this time. On the 'win-place-show' scale, placing benefits my clients and I'm okay with trying harder!

hey I may have a couple arcs to send around if people are up for it - dms good.