They See What You Don’t See
I’m sending a novel pitch out to agents, and one responds with interest. This means it’s time to send a full proposal: synopsis, character sketches,
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I’m sending a novel pitch out to agents, and one responds with interest. This means it’s time to send a full proposal: synopsis, character sketches,
My daughter gives permission to share the following true story that just delights me: I’m tucking my daughter in bed, and she opens up and
These past few days, I’ve been talking to students and my daughters about what it means to do the right thing. We decide this: It
Today I notice the Weeping Cherry, and the beautiful intricacy of the ice on her limbs captures my attention. Ice on the Weeping Cherry A
As the semester ends at Penn State, I face these students one last time. We’ll never be together like this–in this way–again. These freshman will
My neighbor tells me that a little mouse is wintering in the sandbox by her woodpile. Her daughter discovered him yesterday when she lifted the
I’m standing in line at the store, and the salespeople rush around, trying to relieve the long lines waiting at each check-out station. Every intercom
Tonight, we host a Christmas party for graduate students. We’ve learned, after all these years and all sorts of gatherings in our home, that easy
Today, Jack alerts me to a beautiful bird in the Weeping Cherry. He talks to the bird with that strange broken meowing sound, moving his
Frost covers the clover this morning. Frost Melts on the Clover The children bend down, astonished by these small deposits of tiny white ice crystals.