My intentions are innocent enough… Just one click to visit a favorite blog to get a quick nugget of inspiration or encouragement. Then it happens, I see the blogroll beckoning me from the sidebar. Like the promise of a multi-family…

My middle son is an amazing writer, a deft creator of unique characters. He will sit for hours crafting a tale. He usually enlists his younger brother, Søren, to illustrate because he is not particularly fond of drawing. Every Thursday…

Last night the boys camped out in the studio, excuse me, the summertime-Man-Cave. This is the room where my boys are free to explore all things creative from Legos to paint and canvas to hot glue and Popsicle sticks to…

I imagine spending summers with my family at Dalguise House in Pertshire with Beatrix Potter. I imagine chasing Peter Rabbit down a lush Scottish lane. But hoe in hand, all the chopping at clay soil I can muster does not…

Taylor was told that a seed from a vegetable purchased at the market would not produce fruit. He had no in intention of growing a bell pepper for consumption, only to test what he was told and relish in the…

Plain and simple, book clubs are fun! Nothing seems to fosters the higher-level thinking that allows children to form ideas and opinions about real life, more than hashing through a story in a discussion circle. There's something about listening and…

For the past ten days I have been in Residency. I’m entering the last leg of my MFA journey. Each day I leave the house with complete confidence that my three sons are safe under the supervision of their sister,…

Today we’re packed up and headed to the first of our July shows, the 27th Annual CHEA Convention in Pasadena. The energy is great and we love catching up with old friends and meeting new ones! It’s a great opportunity…

When Hannah was five her best friends were twin boys. The trio devised all sorts of amusing activities. One sunny afternoon I noticed they were spending a significant amount of time gathered round the child-sized picnic table that Hannah’s father…

What better way to whittle away the sunny summer days than by writing poetry? Even if you don't fancy yourself a wordsmith, haiku and tanka are two short forms that can provide a fun, creative, and addicting challenge. Haiku and…