photo credit: Randy Son Of Rober Last week, on Poetry Friday, Carol posted “A Thanksgiving Blessing.” I’m reposting here, as I love the sentiments expressed, especially - the “warmth of hope rising,” “May we … speak… of our healings and blessings,” and “May we be with each other… in the light of the present.” A [...]
This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is being hosted at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup! Who would have thought that Tricia’s suggested poetry stretch (a recipe poem) would be so hard? For me, the challenge was trying to use the right mix of real recipe language while “cooking up” a poem about something as impossible as “Summer(y) [...]
A writing friend shared this quote from Einstein and reminded me of the way I am connected to others, depend on others, find meaning in others. I am grateful for those “crossed paths.” Each has a part in who I am and who I will become. Excerpt from You and Your Fellow Man by Albert [...]
It’s true that advise – free or otherwise – is not always advise worth receiving. So it was somewhat of a surprise when I picked up two timely pieces of advise inside a couple of fortune cookies the other night. Each offered something to the teacher and writer in me. The first:“Practice an attitude of [...]
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a Master's degree in Language and Literacy and, later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
My first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, is forthcoming from Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster).
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