I woke to the smell of bacon and coffee, familiar and pleasant and full of the promise of a new adventure. Rolling out of my sheet, I tossed my legs […]
Speaking of Imagination
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. Henry David Thoreau There is a language of imagination. Let’s call it imaginationish. It’s not actually a language, […]
Why Story Warren?
Don’t you hate it when people go straight to a section from The Lord of the Rings to explain something important in their lives? It reminds me of the part […]
Device or Story?
Research done at Temple University showed that paper books provide a more positive parent-child interaction for young children–and that electronic books dampen it. (In other words, a picture book helps […]
Stories as Mirrors
For years I’ve been making up stories for my kids at bedtime. It started with the two older kids when they were four and six and sharing a room, and […]