WHEN I FALL a novel by Barb McClatchy

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This new page on the site contains utterly useless information that can make you sound smart, maybe.

The following is pretty useless information, unless your last name is McClatchy. But it is pretty darn interesting:

Actually, it's the true story of my great-grandfather's kidnapping and subsequent murder back in 1933. They thought they were getting his brother, of 69th Street tycoon fame, back in the day when 69th Street was the shopping mecca for Philadelphia's wealthy. My mother always said it was the "Irish Mafia." Attached is a clipping from The New York Times.

The story of how the brothers' families then split, along with the associated 69th Street fortune, is part inspiration for the story behind WHEN I FALL, which focuses on the differences between the "have's" and the "have-nots."  You now know on which side I landed, and probably better off because of it. Lots of fodder there...

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December 12, 2009 ... Another dog?? 
Meet Nellie, the bat-dog. The other new love of my life (when she puts her ears back down).

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March 17, 2008...Happy St. Patty's day!

Meet the new love of my life....Lucy! (As in, "Lucy, you have some 'splainin' to do!")

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November 13, 2007

My husband said he loved the ending...

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November 9, 2007

Question: Who won the Aspiring Volleyball Championship?
Answer: Uh, we did! Way to go 6 Degrees! Sarah, Dan, Mickey, Barb, Kathy, Karl, Nate (and of course "Missy inaction!")

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November 7, 2007

The pup masseure. Looks like we can all just get along.

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November 4, 2007

Now, this is important:
The average office chair with wheels will travel 8 miles this year.
The average pencil will draw a line 35 miles long.

November 3, 2007

Say What??
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

November 1, 2007

Fleas rock...
The flea can jump 350 times its body length (over seven inches high and thirteen inches long). It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. When jumping, the flea accelerates 50 times faster than a space shuttle. Without its outer shell it would get smashed by the velocity of the jump.


October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!
Halloween's roots can be traced back to Celtic culture in Ireland. According to their "Druid" religion, November 1st was New Years' on their calendar. The celebration would begin on October 31st, and last into the following day. The spirits of all who died in the prior year would rise up and roam the earth on this night.

This is an evil night when spirits roamed the streets and villages. Lord Samhain, the lord of Darkness, would arrive in search of the spirits to take them to the underworld. Today, Halloween as it is currently celebrated with costumes, trick or treat, and superstitions, takes from this Druid Holiday.