Our Memorial Day weekend was very busy. We went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to see our son run at the National Outdoor Track Meet in the 1500 meter race. He won with a time of 3:46.89. He broke the track record at Oshkosh and his school's record for that race. He is a National Champion and a four time All American. And he graduated on Sunday from ( Read more... )

At our recent SCBWI conference at Bettendorf, Iowa, I renewed an acquaintance with Kashmira Sheth. If you don't know Kashmira, I must tell you, she is one of the loveliest ladies I have ever met. Anyway, I just read two of her books, Koyal dark, Mango sweet and Keeping Corner. These books give wonderful insight into the lives of young girls in ( Read more... )

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I for one am relieved to have the holidays finished. Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays but I am always ready for them to be over when they are over. The Old Poop and I had our oldest son, his wife and two children, ages 2 and 4 with us from the 28th of Dec through the first of Jan. Our second son was home from school and he went to pick up ( Read more... )

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The National Cross Country meet in West Chester, Ohio was a disaster for our son and his teammates. They had such high hopes but everything got stuck in the mud. It had rained for nearly a month in West Chester. Needless to say, the field where the race took place was a swamp. The kids ran through mud at least six inches deep. Some of the puddles ( Read more... )

Today will be a busy day. It will be my last day at the high school this week. I am taking a personal day tomorrow as the Old Poop and I are joining two couples to travel to West Chester, Ohio for the National Cross Country Races. Each of us has a son running in this race for Wartburg College. I am hoping with all my heart that our son can make All ( Read more... )

I do like my job but when Friday gets here, I am ready for the work week to be done ( Read more... )

Vote everyone. If it is the only thing you do today, do that one thing ( Read more... )

What a conference we had last weekend. The speakers included Bruce Coville, Maghan Day, editor from Holiday House, D'Anne Love, Sid Fleischman, Deborah Hopkinson, Deborah Kaplan, art director, Lin Oliver, Michael Stearns, ed.director at Harper Collins, Paul Rodeen, agent, Lisa Yee, and Cheryl Zach. It was so wonderful to listen to these ( Read more... )