the periodic table of storytelling

by | Jan 5, 2012 | funny

This tickles me. I spent a long time gazing at it. Me=Nerd. I’m sorry I couldn’t figure out how to make this click-zoomable. So I must insist you click here to be able to read the tiny writing. And you really NEED to. If anyone knows how to do the...

Cold River–book review

by | Dec 10, 2011 | reviews

Here’s the blurb: Mandy Steenburg thinks her doctorate in education has prepared her to run any school district – until she tangles with the moonshine-making, coon-dog-owning denizens of a tiny district in Pacific Northwest timber country. She’s...

Texting Through Time–Book Review

by | Dec 7, 2011 | reviews

Disclaimer: Author Christy Monson is one of my best friends. But I can say without any qualms that her new middle-grade novel, Texting Through Time, is a great little book, and I’m not saying that because she twisted my arm. Honest! Actually, I begged for the...

I’m old enough

by | Dec 3, 2011 | thoughts

“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” –C.S. Lewis     (I’ve looked for the source for this beautiful image…if anyone bumps into it, please let me know. I’d love to see it...