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Perhaps our last snow day It was near fifty degrees out yesterday, so Jim and Sprocket and I went for a stroll at a nature...
When Girl Scout Juniors meet the mayor… …hilarity ensues. I didn’t get to see this in person. Perhaps it’s just as well. A fellow SCBWI member posted the...
New Book Review: Carnet de Voyage What happens when a gifted artist says, “Hey! Wanna look at my vacation pictures?”
New Book review American Taboo, by Philip Weiss. Read it here.
  • Perhaps our last snow day4March 8, 2010

    Perhaps our last snow day

    It was near fifty degrees out yesterday, so Jim and Sprocket and I went for a stroll at a nature...
  • When Girl Scout Juniors meet the mayor…0March 7, 2010

    When Girl Scout Juniors meet the mayor…

    …hilarity ensues. I didn’t get to see this in person. Perhaps it’s just as well. A fellow SCBWI member posted the...
  • New Book Review: Carnet de Voyage0March 2, 2010

    New Book Review: Carnet de Voyage

    What happens when a gifted artist says, “Hey! Wanna look at my vacation pictures?”
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    Perhaps our last snow day

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    When Girl Scout Juniors meet the mayor…

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    New Book Review: Carnet de Voyage

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    New Book review

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    Florida, and what I found there

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    Taken, by Norah McClintock

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    My brother got married this past weekend

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    Magic shoes

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    Oh, look, I’ve gone and disappeared again.

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  • Food

    In the mud

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