Minny Longbottom is only trying to help

For the record, I was there when Maksim fell in and the ice didn't look dangerous! Of course, I don't ice skate much so I suppose I wouldn't know. I feel foolish that we were careless but just a lesson that you can never be too cautious, I suppose.

This is an odd question but I can't seem to stop wondering. Is The Giant Squid male or female? It's been there so long someone has to know, don't they? Someone's parent or someone very involved in Care of Magical Creatures perhaps?

And no, before you ask Corbin, I did not look at its naughty bits. I don't know that I would even be able to distinguish that kind of thing from simply giving it a once over. I know nothing of squid anatomy!

Hexed Against All Authority Figures

Okay, I know there's been talk of sneaking out. There always is and I DON'T want to know who or what or where! Just know that if I see you, I have to report you. Your friends in Astronomy Club probably won't care enough to "tattle" on you but it won't look so good on me being the Student Leader if I don't.

I don't like turning people in, so if you're planning on joining without permission please just be clever about it. And if I catch you, don't try and whine and moan your way out of it. If you're caught, you're caught and that's all I have to say about it.

Do the girls of the Hufflepuff dorm have any preferances for what flowers we should put up in the room for the semester? I was thinking Dahlias or Geraniums for Spring, of course, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm not the only one who will have to look at them until summer, after all! I'm thinking of putting some up in the Common Room too, if no one minds.

It's been so hard to find time to redecorate since we've arrive back. I've been scheduling more Potions study sessions for myself since I really didn't do as well as I expected on the mid-term. But like dad always says, growing things is good for the soul and so if anyone wants to join me in the Green Houses the company would be welcome!

Privated to all who are not named Frank Longbottom

If that boy has transfigured cockroach clusters and swapped them for someone's chocolates again, I not only give you permission but implore you to drag him my way by the ear.