Yesterday was fabulous at Wolcott Street Elementary School! The kids were enthusiastic and the teachers welcoming. I was even taken out to a lovely dinner out with two teachers and the principal! Yesterday were the general assemblies, and today I…

Tonight we went to a fundraising dinner where they had a raffle and I won a Nook e-reader and a cozy blankie! HOW COOL IS THAT?!!! My positive thought is that I will have luck from now on!http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps

Why must we explain this? Why is it that my mother-in-law, (you know who you are!), upon seeing me read an adult book will inevitably tease, "Oh, I thought you only read books for kids?" Like it's a bad thing?!…

Just got back from the writing group I teach at the maximum security prison. I was so moved by this powerful poem, for the first time, I asked some of the women if I could reprint their work here and…

Oh no. I'm sooo tired I can't write a faux Dr. Seuss bday poem! Poz thought is I can go to bed in awhile! HA!http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps

I just got this lovely note of support from a Facebook friend after I wrote in response to my efforts on my work-in-progress graphic easy reader: I will be the first person in line to buy the easy reader graphic…

Nothing like a change of scenery to goose the old creative juices. I'm at this snowy retreat with friends old and new (more on that fun later!) and working like crazy on my easy reader graphic um...not novel. Graphic young…