Just Want to Say
May the Force be with you, little Jedi!
Renn, the most awesome Jedi ever, son of my writing friend Bethany Telles, is about to undergo a 72-hour Video EEG to try to find out what is going on with the seizures he’s been having for several months now. You can read more at Bethany’s blog, Perched in a Tree. Please keep Renn and…
Read MoreBooks that Helped to Raise This Bookworm
My interview with Brian Sibley, and reading his wonderful autobiographical post, My Life and Welcome to It on his blog, prompted me to think about some of the books that meant the most to me in my childhood. While I can’t possibly list them all, I want to share a few of them with you,…
Read More“Let’s Ask” Guest Post!
I’m delighted to be the guest on Jennifer Young’s blog, Castles in the Sky, today. Jennifer has a weekly feature called “Let’s Ask” in which she asks one question to her guest of the day. Please pop on over to see what Jennifer asked me, and what I answered. Let’s Ask Beth Stilborn
Read MoreStunning Mosaic Work!
My friend, Brian Sibley, posted about an artist friend of his, a mosaicist, today. I was so overwhelmed by the intricacy and beauty of this man’s work that I just had to share the link to Brian’s post. If you happen to be in London, England (lucky you) Brian will be interviewing the artist, Martin…
Read MoreGuest Posting Today at Julie Hedlund’s Blog!
Julie Hedlund is the driving force behind the 12 x 12 in 2012 Challenge — a group of 400 (yes, you read that correctly) writers who have banded together to support, encourage, teach and learn from each other as we each attempt to write 12 picture book drafts in a year — a draft per…
Read MoreEARTH DAY! Walk! Look! Listen!
Joanna Marple inspired me earlier this morning with her wonderful blogpost featuring suggestions of how individuals and families can commemorate Earth Day. I urge you to check out her post “Earth Day: Let’s Celebrate our Wonderful World!” (I do hope you’ll come back here after you’ve read her post, though!) I will be blogging in…
Read MoreHere Comes the Very Fairy Princess!
I decided I just HAVE to do an extra post today, to let you all know that the new book in Julie Andrews’ and Emma Walton Hamilton’s Very Fairy Princess series, The Very Fairy Princess: Here Comes the Flower Girl, is being released today! In conjunction with the book’s release, Julie Andrews, the Target Corporation,…
Read MoreReading Aloud to Older Adults and Isolated People — revisited
In the almost ten years (!) since I wrote this series of blog posts under the umbrella heading of “reading aloud to the elderly,” there have been many changes in the world. Terminology has changed, so that I’ve found it important to change the word “elderly” to older people, despite the fact that it…
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