When You’re Redirected
Today’s the day! Around 10:00 AM, this little blog will redirect to my beautiful new author website designed by the team at Moody Publishers. What a great new verb! Redirect means to send something to a new place or in a new direction. Have you ever in your life been redirected to an unexpected place for an unexpected purpose? Most of […]
Unlikely Sucess
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 jaw rapidly. I’ve wondered for years why cats make this sound when they look at birds. My husband tells me that cats imagine eating the bird and therefore make munching […]
Make Yourself That Somebody
For months, my friend and I travel by this one treacherous patch of sidewalk on our walk to school–the place that dips down towards a jagged ravine of rocks and icy water–and say, “Somebody should really put a fence up.” We rescue kids as they slide off the sidewalk, shake our heads and say again, […]
“The Lincoln”
There’s a new challenge at the pool. It’s more like a dare, and for teenage boys, it’s hard to resist. It’s called “the Lincoln.” I’m watching teenagers take running leaps off the diving board and land flat on their stomachs or backs. But every once in a while, a boy will complete the impossible trick […]