Everyone has one. I know someone whose superpower is the ability to work diligently at something until it’s just right to his ears and his soul. Someone else’s superpower—and I’m not sure she even knows this—is finding rainbows in the rain (metaphorically speaking). An acquaintance’s superpower is telling the time within a couple of minutes…
Kate DiCamillo is not a 12-year-old girl. Nor is she a pig, a puppet or a magician. Hannah Gold is not a polar bear. Erin Bow is not a boy. Sara Pennypacker is not an African American young man intent on a career in theater. But these authors write about those characters. I am not…
Hello. Did you find inspiration in last week’s solar eclipse? Did you actually see the solar eclipse? Some people in California were able to see a nibble that the moon took out of the sun. But it didn’t darken our sky. I didn’t see a thing. Boohoo. Although I couldn’t understand all the hype about…
Have you ever in your life heard of this national day? There are some very obscure celebrations on the calendar. For example, last Monday, April first, was not only April Fool’s Day, but it was also National Sourdough Day. That I can readily understand. But I wasn’t quite sure about National “All Is Ours” day….
My daughter and I were chatting recently about writing. She wanted to know about my various writers’ groups and the (one) writing seminar I attended. I told her that I haven’t always wanted to be part of a writers’ group. I enjoy writing in my little office, all by myself, head down, tapping away on…
