I’ve learned what to expect when I take my kids for a walk: my three-year-old hits the ground at a sprint. He charges into the wide world at full tilt, […]
A Room Like This One
Confession: When I first got serious about writing, I did the coffee shop thing. I’d take my laptop down to the corner Panera and park myself in front of the […]
The Gift of an Outdoor Soul
When I was nine years old, my family moved to the middle-of-nowhere, Texas. There, in the hundred-degree heat of my first Texas summer, I made friends with nature. Our new […]
Loving the Lost Boys: Some Thoughts on Boyhood and Reading
I walked up to the registration table at a conference for children’s book writers and illustrators. The lobby was filled with teachers talking to one another about their schools, their […]
Make it Beautiful
I wrote this a couple of years ago, and shared it here. As this winter turns more drab and grey than white, and spring hovers tantalizingly just out of sight, […]
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