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You are never too old for a Birthday Party!

I just finished reading a piece about increasing your blog traffic. One of the top nuggets of advice was to make sure your title caught people’s attention. Well, if you are reading this, I guess it worked! There have been several serious bumps in the road. I have been busy marketing my books, creating new…
I have been traveling lately. I have loved visiting school kids, talking about writing, and encouraging wide eyed youngsters to stay curious and use their imaginations. What I have enjoyed the most is sharing stories with people I have met and those I have stayed with, not just random stories, but their stories. I loved…

I held the piece of paper with Amy’s schedule on it and looked for her first class. It was back to school night, which is an annual event for parents of school age children. This time, was different. It was the last back-to-school night I would be going to with our daughter, Amy, who is…

We have six kids. Some are readers and some are not. Amy, our 13 year old definitely falls in the reader category. She loves to read-a lot. For her last birthday, John, bid and won a box of over 60 Louis L’Amour books on Ebay. She was ecstatic! She has read almost all of them….

There is something whimsical and nostalgic about snowmen! When we lived in the Sierra Mountains the first snow was usually celebrated by having a pajama day, followed by plenty of hot cocoa, and running barefoot around the lawn just to see if you could endure the cold for one lap around the house…something invented by…

We just finished our holiday baking! Dipped apricots, fudge, gingerbread men and sugar cookies. Flour and sugar were everywhere while Christmas tunes played in the background. The funnest thing we made was something the kids saw in a Family Fun magazine. A cute pretzel snowmen. They decided we should make them for teachers and friends….