Day #78: I’ve Got Mail!
When I was quite young, my grandparents had a mail slot in the front of their house. It was metal. There was a flap that
When I was quite young, my grandparents had a mail slot in the front of their house. It was metal. There was a flap that
On this Minnesota day, I am GRATEFUL to be working from home, as I have been for 30 years. (When I first began working from
What’s your best place to think? Mine is in the shower. All kinds of ideas are borne in that soothing cascade of water. I get
My mother was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma just 10 days before she died. An incredibly healthy woman all of her life, this was a
I am deliriously grateful for the educators (teachers and librarians, aides and paras) who care so much about reading and young readers that they ventured
If it weren’t for insects and lizards, archaeologist was high on my list of careers. The history, the discovery, understanding the connection between then and
There are some people in my life with whom, even though they aren’t present every day or even every year, I feel a solid connection.
Eighteen years ago, I woke up in the recovery room after a particularly rough surgery and said, in that anesthetic fog, “I feel like I