It's #PoetryFriday! How blessed am I to have randomly fallen in with a joyful group of poets? We call ourselves The...
#PoetryFriday: Old Catfish
I've been playing with ideas for picture book characters this week. Often they present themselves to me when I'm out...
#PoetryFriday: THISTLE
Blessed milk thistle appears along our northern Sierra trails and in the meadows when summer is in full tilt. Splashes...
#PoetryFriday: Six Degrees of Separation
I received a delightful Christmas gift from my daughter-in-law this year: Paint Chip Poetry. Essentially, it is a box...
#PoetryFriday: Perch
It's February! No better time to jump in and begin participating in #PoetryFriday (as opposed to simply stalking)! My...
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!
TRUE CONFESSIONS: Someday I hope to read my own picture book to my sister's Kindergarten classroom! Until then,...
Finding the Heart in Picture Books
These are my go-to first impressions when I read the last page of a picture book: “Sweet!” (or better...
Perfect endings?
As much as I enjoy – nay, DELIGHT in writing picture books, I do have one beef to pick. In a character-driven...
AFFIRMATION!
I was over-the-moon excited to find my name and story listed among the award winners of Vivian Kirkfield's...
How to Build a Reader
The checkerboard Zoom screen is not how most of us imagine a child’s first weeks of school. But due to...
Writing Contest!
Enjoy my entry for the 6th Annual Valentiny Writing Contest, held by children's author, Susanna Leonard Hill.I'm Not...
