I don’t want you to get the wrong idea and think I’m some sort of expert on how to get kids to read. I have no clue how to do that. I wasn’t what you’d call a reader growing up. Have I told you that? Well, that’s a story for another day. I have learned a little trick from a… View Post
A Note to Butler’s Orchard
This is just to say we have eaten a few blueberries from the hedge instead of dropping them into buckets to be weighed Forgive us we were young and feeling young and the blueberries were the size of grapes warm and dark blue from the sun (Inspired by “This is just to say” by William Carlos Williams, Butler’s Orchard, and… View Post
Sometimes I Get A Good Feeling
Remember when you woke up one morning around the 17th or 18th week of pregnancy and thought, “Coffee sounds good?” Remember how relieved you felt at the thought? You walked to Starbucks a few blocks away from your apartment; the one in downtown Silver Spring that’s across the street from what used to be Borders. Since it was your day… View Post
Write What You Know
A few weeks ago it was unseasonably cold for the DC area. The temperature read 60, but it wasn’t a 60 I was used to anymore. Ten years ago, I might’ve been wearing flip flops in this weather that was windy and raining, but not anymore. I still have that nasal-y Chicago accent, but sadly, I have lost my tolerance… View Post
Summer Reading Journals
How about a Summer Reading Journal? I made some for my girls. And for your kids too, if they’d like. There’s a place to make bookmarks. And a place to store words that are funny, descriptive, hard to understand, and words that should be used over and over again. There are places to write book reviews, draw pictures, and write about… View Post
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