Wednesday, November 12, 2014. New books, an updated website- a new and improved author- ME! Please visit www. To keep up with my news. Thursday, September 26, 2013. Long time, no post. Busy with life and a new book, too. Welcome to the world, TWIGS! Tuesday, April 23, 2013. I love blossoming cherry trees! Can you share a.

Sunday, July 8, 2012. Wangari Maathai Environmental Award Nominations. In a moment of serendipity a few weeks ago, I made an instant friend in the person of Purity Ruchango, founder of. Sister2Sister International Outreach Ministry, Inc. While training as a volunteer gallery sitter for Red Dog Gallery, home of the 501c Art for Arts Sake. , an artist recommended. That I visit another new 501c business down the street, Umoja.

In the great tradition of 18th century naturalists and adventurers, Brooke Bessesen travels the world to study animals. Swimming in the oceans off Costa Rica, the British West Indies, Tahiti and Hawaii with all manner of large marine fauna, and traveling on safari in Africa she strives to satisfy a curiosity about wildlife that has simmered since childhood. Mdash;Gail Cochrane, Liberty Wildlife. Brooke has spent a lifetime learning from animals.

Book Clubs! Read with Me and Review Policy. Groundhug Day by Anne Marie Pace and Christopher Denise. You may have observed an overabundance of observances these days.

But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way. 8220;As universal as it is personal. 8211; Rita Williams-Garcia,.

The Schools Have Taken Over! How to Take Over! .

I imagined plays for my dolls to perform and told myself stories to fall asleep by. I bribed neighborhood friends to be students at my imaginary school or to act in my backyard shows, charging the audience- our mothers- a penny admission price, which we spent afterwards on goodies from the corner store. Was published by the University of New Mexico Press.

I write in rhyme, most of the time but not always. Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Poetry Month, Day 12 - Cogitate. Was given to me by my Facebook friend, Kathy. After much cogitation, I decided to write about Beverly Cleary for her 100th birthday! My favorite of her books is Fifteen,. It had to have a special theme;. A topic worthy of a meme.

I was lucky enough to grow up in Alaska. My family moved here when I was six, and we fell in love with the place. When not writing, I enjoy reading, spending time with my family, and participating in Cowboy Action Shooting with the Alaska 49ers.