Blog Posts

  • 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

  • End of Na Pali kayaking

    Here’s a picture of the group of us at the end of our Sierra Club multi sport adventure outing on Kauai. We are ten participants, two Sierra Club leaders, and two Na Pali Kayak guides, just after we completed the seventeen mile Na Pali coast kayak. Tristan is lying in front, looking very pleased with himself.… Read more

  • Hawaii adventure, kayaking, volcanoes

    Hawaii adventure, kayaking, volcanoes

    Kauai My sixteen year old grandson, Tristan, and I arrived on Kauai, Hawaii, for a Sierra Club Outing, a Multi Sport Adventure on July 21st. Our group of ten was met by the outings leader, Diana, and cook, Wayne. They drove us in two vans to Hanalei Bay where we camped at the Waipa Foundation campground.… Read more

  • Children of color in children’s books

    I continue working on my book, Shell; Crossing the Border, a story of a Maya girl from the Yucatan in Mexico who illegally crosses the border into the U.S. to join her father. Sometimes I question my ability to write about a child from another culture. But reading this article http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-apartheid-of-childrens-literature.html?_r=0 which laments the lack… Read more

  • Amazing bird!

    Check out this video of intelligent bird behavior. Crows (and ravens) are really smart. http://www.flixxy.com/this-crow-is-the-smartest-bird-you-have-ever-seen.htm Read more

  • More about Costa Rica

    I hoped to post several more times about Costa Rica, but I’ve been absorbed in revising my book, Shell, Crossing the Border, at the suggestion of an agent who is interested. I’m very excited about this. I did want to post a few more pictures because it was such a beautiful trip. For one thing,… Read more