Changing ownership
The house down the road is selling. It’s a mighty house. An old, square, brick Sears-style house that has had several generations of the same family inhabit it for many, many years. It’s a home that’s...
View ArticleFancy That!
The 2013 Mazza Museum Weekend Conference has begun! A ballet dancer until she was thirty, Robin Preiss Glasser, has spent her entire life expressing her artistic self without words. As the acclaimed...
View ArticleWhen the Phone Rings
When the phone rings on the Thursday before the Weekend Conference and you’re Ben Sapp, Director of the Mazza Museum, you pray it isn’t bad news. But when the phone rang last Thursday, it was bad...
View ArticleI’ve Been Tagged in an Author’s Blog Hop!
So now it’s time to hop. Hop on over to visit my friends Debra McArthur and Natasha Yim to see how they answer the questions! Debra McArthur grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where her high school...
View ArticleNeed a Little Drama in Your Day?
I was up late last evening, so it was easy to sleep past 7:30 this morning. I never heard a peep outside the bedroom door. When I did come to life, and I saw what time it was, I felt a little guilty....
View ArticleDon’t Judge A Book By Its Cover Reveal!
Cover reveals are so much fun! Before I was published I never knew how much time, thought, energy, imagination, fuss, and general WORK went into a book cover. And, the most amazing part is: almost...
View ArticleSome Things Just Can’t Wait
Over at Kirby’s Lane, the blog of the sweet and wonderful author Kirby Larson, there is a feature I’ve always loved called Friend Friday. On Fridays, Kirby features another author or illustrator or...
View ArticleVirtual School Visits – Yea or Nay?
Ever since the invention of webcams, there’s been a lot of discussion among authors, teachers and librarians about the pros and cons of Virtual School Visits. You know, when an author magically appears...
View ArticleHere I Am, Stuck in the Middle with You
Oh, geez. Here I go. I don’t love being in the middle of anything. But I tend to get myself there somehow anyway. I grew up there, after all. The middle of three girls. Middle kid, middle class....
View ArticleGirl Power – What is it?
I was born in the 60s, went to elementary school in the 70s, was a teen in the 80s, and a young mom in the 90s. I’m not sure there is another generation that has witnessed the changing roles of women...
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