Memorial Day Thoughts
Yesterday was Memorial Day, and I was thrilled to see the local news spend a lot of time reminding people what Memorial Day is all about. So many Americans have forgotten… Read more »
Category: Life
A mystery
I have about 15 storylines just waiting to be written. Fifteen plot ideas, 12 are sitting in a file on my computer, 3 are in a notebook on my bookshelf, all… Read more »
The backpack
I’m one of those people who feel guilt about just about everything. If I have to kill a spider, I apologize to it first. When I worked at a place… Read more »
Letters of Thanks
I just got thank you letters from the two fifth grade classes I spoke to for Young Author’s Week. Wow, they certainly did make me smile! Fifth graders can be… Read more »
Someone commented on your photo.
I check my email multiple times a day. Often enough that rarely, and I do mean rarely, do I have more than 5 or so unread emails sitting in my… Read more »
Conversing with fifth graders
They are not all like this, but here are a few of the conversations I’ve had during various question and answer periods at elementary school author visits. These all occurred… Read more »
A knock on the door
Friday I was working upstairs in the office, when I heard a knock on the door. I rushed down the stairs and threw open the door, sure that the person… Read more »
To spell, or not to spell
I interviewed with a woman a few months ago, and was thoroughly amazed by what I learned. It seems that this particular woman, a well educated employee of UW, has… Read more »
The Smell of Bureaucracy
It all started with a phone call, or to be more exact, 4 phone calls. My daughter had lost her phone on the Metro bus, but had been assured by… Read more »
Lost & Found
Saturday my daughter (I’ll call her T) lost her phone on the bus. The same phone that is absolutely necessary to her life, since it is a lifeline to family… Read more »