Blog Posts

  • More about Luna’s National Writing Tour

    My grand daughter Luna’s gofundme campaign has been up for six days now, and has raised nearly a third of the goal. But donations have slowed down over the past day. Many thanks to all who donated already. If you haven’t visited the site yet, or seen Luna’s video or her writing samples on the Facebook… Read more

  • Luna’s fundraiser active

    Now you can go to this GoFundMe site to watch the video of Luna talking about her ambitious national writing tour. She’s trying to raise money so she can visit national parks and other places of interest across the U.S. this summer, to write, photograph, blog and share her experiences. If you haven’t read any… Read more

  • Luna’s U.S. tour

    It’s been way too long since I’ve posted. I’m going to have more to say soon. About my book, Toto’s Tale. About travel. But for now, this. A teen writer that I know and love, my grand daughter Luna, is reaching for her dream to see the nation and write about it. I’d be grateful… Read more

  • What makes us different

    I recently took an interesting online course on the history of humankind. Some of the main ideas of the course are summarized in this 15 minute TED talk, worth the time it takes to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZa4sdIwV04&list=PLfc2WtGuVPdnuLf7i2AgD4_048ubTDpnD Read more

  • Big Sur Writing Workshop

            I just returned from the Big Sur Writing Workshop, sponsored by the Henry Miller Library and Andrea Brown Literary Agency. I went several years ago – the first children’s writing conference I’d attended, before I even knew about SCBWI, our trade organization. This conference was well worth my time and money.… Read more

  • Peace Chorale Winter Concert

    I apologize for neglecting the blog for so long. But, I want everyone to know the Peace Chorale is going to put on a lovely candle lit winter concert/benefit for the Food Bank. Come if you can. Dec.18.flyer-1 Read more