2024-04-24 02:14
This month, I had the great pleasure of attending my first SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference. It was a regional meeting for the Midwest held in… Read More
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My personal blog about learning to write children's books focusing on nature, art, history, family, and growing up. The website also includes my recommended list of books for children, activities related to various book themes, and information on my E-books.
2024-03-04 16:08
Here in Illinois, tulips and daffodils are poking their way through the soil. Once again, our weeks are filled with the typical gamut of weather experiences – frost in the morn… Read More
2024-02-15 16:52
It happens every February here in the Midwest. There will be days and days of endless cold and grey and heavy snowfall. Then, our lives are suddenly graced by a couple of bright sunny days w… Read More
2024-01-14 13:29
Blue Minimalist Watercolor Blank Paper A4 Document – 2I’m the type of person who keeps busy and fills my days with many activities. So much so that when I’m all caught up o… Read More
2023-12-07 03:35
It’s hard to believe we are smack in the middle of December already. Where does the time go? One event that many kidlit authors look forward to this month is author Susanna Leonard Hi… Read More
2023-11-16 02:57
I live in a small town where homelessness isn’t always visible. But in the last month, I’ve noticed a homeless man who sits in various places around town. I first spotted… Read More
2023-10-19 03:11
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I don’t know what it is about being an adult and enjoying the holidays and seasons more. Perhaps it’s beca… Read More
2023-09-16 20:47
As summer draws to a close, I can’t help but remember long-ago summer days of discovery and play during my childhood. One of the things that made summers so special was how my Dad… Read More
2023-08-11 16:15
In the 1960s, one of my favorite summertime activities was catching and observing insects. I had a little net and a “bug jar” that I’d place insects in for study. M… Read More
2023-07-16 13:51
I was fortunate to grow up in a neighborhood of loving and caring people. Daily interactions with them were the norm, and each of our neighbors felt like an extension of my family. For as lo… Read More
2023-06-15 18:20
My husband and I did a big bucket-list thing a few weeks ago. We went on a hot-air balloon ride. Though we both had wanted to do this for many years, when it got to the day before th… Read More
2023-05-08 21:43
This Sunday, May 14th, is Mother’s Day, and I imagine that millions of little kids will be making something special for their mothers to show their love for them. As mothe… Read More
2023-04-17 03:09
There’s a rock in my backyard, a big mysterious pinkish rock that has a story to tell. It came with the property. And I’m pretty positive that one of the previous home… Read More
2023-03-09 16:15
I grew up in the 1960s and 70s when the popular painter Bob Ross had a PBS television series. His clever witticisms are well known and have made a big comeback in recent years as… Read More
2023-02-06 19:17
This month, I want to talk about something that has become a great source of sadness and a peeve for me – the demise of letter writing, particularly the sending of thank… Read More
2023-01-13 17:11
This month my post was inspired by my book review for The Grumpy Goat (See Recommended Reads), about a family that adopts a rescued goat as a pet but finds that owning the goat is… Read More
2022-12-09 19:30
I come from a long line of “makers” – a family that always made things from scratch and enjoyed creative outlets. Part of this tradition was rooted in poverty an… Read More
2022-11-25 04:02
Greetings Friends!
I’m a little late in posting this month. Honestly, it’s been such a busy fall, and I don’t know where the time has gone. I’m sure many… Read More
2022-10-01 17:29
One of my favorite writer’s contests is underway, The Fall Writing Frenzy, hosted by author Lydia Lukidis and literary agent Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez. Each year children’s authors a… Read More
2022-09-12 03:07
I just finished reviewing a delightful children’s picture book called Moon by Alison Oliver, which you can read about under the Recommended Reads section of… Read More
2022-08-20 22:40
Recently I was asked to review a new children’s book, Tell Me a Story, Babushka, by Carola Schmidt. You can read my review under the Recommended Reads section of this bl… Read More
2022-07-07 14:06
So, Friday this week will be a big day for my family. My daughter and her husband are hosting a fish fry with fireworks. They will reveal the sex of our forthcoming grandchild, pr… Read More
2022-06-06 15:21
School’s out! Let the fun begin! That’s how I always viewed summer vacation when I was a kid.
Growing up, my family didn’t always have extra money, so traveling… Read More
2022-05-06 22:12
Every May, I’m delighted by the return of blooming lilacs, one of my favorite flowers. Since I was a child, this flower has tugged at my heart.
I first learned about lilacs… Read More
2022-04-10 22:40
Finally, SPRING crept in. Like light shining through the space beneath a door, her finger-like rays snuck into my wintering mind and began to coax me away from my cold, dark mental s… Read More
2022-04-01 13:30
Just recently I’ve begun to enter writing contests for children’s picture book writers. I love the challenge each contest presents because of the word limit restrictions. The fol… Read More
2022-03-11 00:18
Everyone seems to identify different heralds for the changing seasons. For instance, many people feel spring has arrived when they sight their first Robin. For others, spring may be marked b… Read More
2022-02-10 17:05
It’s February already. The month we celebrate Valentine’s Day and everyone we love. Suppose I were to ask a hundred different people to describe what they feel love is. I… Read More
2022-01-16 03:26
It’s been a bit challenging for me to write my first post for the New Year. After a bitter battle with returning breast cancer, my mother slipped away from us on December… Read More
2021-12-09 18:33
It’s funny how our ideas on the best things in life change as we age. When I was a little girl, the best thing in my life was Christmas time. My Decembers were filled with… Read More
2021-11-16 22:22
One of the things I’ve always loved about driving across the Illinois countryside is seeing large flocks of wild turkeys in spring and fall. When I was a girl, turkeys we… Read More
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