Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday and it has gotten even better because it is also International Book Giving Day. I can’t think of a better way for a book lover to celebrate than by giving books. There are many children who don’t have books or access to them. The purpose of International Book Giving Day […]
Celebrate this week
Yes! a little word with big possibilities
For the past few years, I have chosen a word that seems to define the life I am living at a particular time. Or, perhaps I should say, a word finds me. My one little word in 2014 was celebrate. It was a year of celebration with our first born’s wedding, our 30th anniversary, […]
A list-less day
I am a list maker. I developed this habit at an early age. My mother wrote out a “to do” list every day and kept it by the calendar. I do the same. I have lists for groceries to buy, books to read, articles and stories to write, things to repair, and places to go. […]
It’s a Marvelous Night for a (Super) Moon Dance…
Field trips that can be taken near home often are the best ones. They are usually inexpensive and don’t require a lot of planning. Tomorrow night you can take the perfect field trip just by walking out your door and looking up. There will be a super moon lunar eclipse and that is reason to […]
The right word at the right time – encouragement
Did you know that there is a National Day of Encouragement? Well, why not? There seems to be a holiday for everything. Words have power. The right word at the right time can help a person to continue a task, overcome an obstacle, or find the courage to try something new. On the other […]
Field Trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
This past week PBS and the BBC joined together to present Big Blue Live at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We watched the first two nights of the show and then realized it had been awhile since we had been to the aquarium. Time for a Field Trip to celebrate a beautiful summer day! Our family […]
There’s always room at the family table… a celebration
As I join fellow bloggers to Celebrate this Week, I want to celebrate the table where our family has shared not only meals but our hopes and dreams for the past forty years. When the time came to empty our childhood home, my brothers, sister, and I each chose something special to keep. The only thing […]
A Celebration of Children’s Book Creators
It’s Saturday and time to celebrate with others who link up with Ruth Ayres Celebrate This Week. If you’ve visited my blog before, you would recognize that kid’s books play a central role in my life. My career choices were made around the fact that I wanted a job where I could read and share […]