by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 20, 2015 | Alica Mckenna Johnson
Teenagers frequently come into magical powers in fiction, my characters included. Of course it’s an metaphor for puberty, the power of their budding sexuality, and their maturing into adults. But I also think it’s an expression for the forces of nature that teenagers...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | May 22, 2015 | Alica Mckenna Johnson
So tonight my daughter graduated the eight grade!! It was a lovely and LONG ceremony as the teachers created a poem for each student and read them out-loud. This is my daughter’s poem. Thinker, believer, giver, leader a power so great, apply it to be an...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 30, 2014 | Monday Musings
I started out as a totally hippie, granola-munching, tree-hugging mama. I gave birth to my kids at home. I breast fed them for two years. I used Waldorf style toys and books (all wood, silk scarfs for dress up, and lovely fairy stories). I fed them organic vegan...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 11, 2014 | Parenting
So there I am lying in bed my body racked with fever and doused with Nyquil (okay Walgreen store brand Nyquil) when my dear daughter walks in and begins to complain about … well… pretty much everything. As she complained I felt a deep connection to something grater. I...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 27, 2014 | Monday Musings
So last night I am sitting on my couch talking to my DD when she puts her hand over my eyes. “Shush” she says as I hear the rustling of the money on the table. She removes her hand and had stuffed the bills in her bra. Grinning she says, “I’m smooth as...