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 »
Category: Life
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 »
Holly’s Pet Peeve
I was just watching The Talk. The topic of the day was pet peeves, of which most of us have plenty. Holly just became an instant friend of mine with… Read more »
eGawkers beware!
Unless you live in a cave deep in the earth–with no Internet, no television, no newspapers, and no radio–you must have heard about Charlie Sheen’s latest antics. It is very… Read more »
Worry
I added a new app to my phone Saturday night. It is a cute little thing that provides me with my horoscope on a daily basis. I have always found… Read more »