My friends used to have this tag on Tumblr posts — #sorrynatalie — that they’d use any time there was any critique of Harry Potter. […]
Just Love
Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?
Creating a Harry Potter Party at Work
In 2015, on July 31st, I brought in a few magical themed treats to work. Some magic wands, cockroach clusters, and chocolate frogs. I set […]
All The Difference
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with […]
It Is Our Choices
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling This quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber […]
Coming Home to Harry
There’s a large poster of Harry Potter opposite my bed. It’s the “Let the Magic Begin” poster from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where Harry, in all his eleven-year-old intensity, stares me down.