Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but a doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may [...]
Another school visit to Rhonda Howard’s classes at Carmichael and I know spring is really on the way. I can see it in the eager flip flops and shorts, as well as in the trees about to burst to bloom. And despite all the sad news from independent bookstores in the last few months, I’m encouraged because [...]
Here’s an awesome class of readers and writers at Horse Heaven Hills.
It must be spring, and according to e.e.cummings, the world is “mudluscious!” The first trees are blooming in our neighborhood and the crocuses are smiling. Another indicator of spring is, school author talk season has begun. Poems and stories are popping up everywhere! I’ll be at Horse Heaven Middle School on the 15th, and Carmichael [...]
Everyone has their escape books and mine are mysteries and I know I’m not the only one who loves them. Mysteries, along with fantasy, are one of the most popular genres. I’m not sure why I love them–maybe it’s trying to solve the crime along with the protagonist, maybe it’s the fact that in the [...]
Do you know where it is without a map? I didn’t! Malawi is a small country in southwestern Africa with a big HIV problem, and overflowing orphanages. My husband, Dennis, is there right now with a team of ten other folks who are interested in helping out where they can and discovering how the rest [...]