The newspaper said that a “heat dome” is settling over our city this week, and that just sounds gross to me. In my book, domes should be made of blocks of ice, but maybe that’s just my years living in Alaska talking…. Around the Web *Wind Watchers by Micha Archer Betsy at Redeemed Reader shares…
I was sitting at an airport gate today when a gate attendant nearby came onto the loudspeaker. “Paging passengers Pieper? er, Pepper? and Peter Pecker.” The entire gate area erupted into laughter. I’m still wondering if there was anything pickled. Around the Web How to Really Not Waste Your One Life Ann Voskamp meditates on…
Thank you! With your help, we were able to meet and surpass our goal for the Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb book and video game! Don’t worry—even if you didn’t back the project, you’ll get to enjoyt he products when they come. We can wait to get these into your hands. Around the Web 2025…
Have you heard? No, really, have you heard? There’s a new “big” Green Ember book on its way and it’s about Helmer. HELMER. Have you ever wondered more about his backstory? Now’s your chance. Oh, AND, there’s a video game. A GREEN EMBER VIDEO GAME—all about Helmer in the Dragon Tomb! You’ve got to get behind this project!…
We’re in the final weeks of April, which means its definitely time to start reciting “April showers bring May flowers…” In case you didn’t know, I wanted to be sure to tell you. We’ve got exciting news coming next week, but for now, enjoy these links from around the web and the Warren. Around the…
Our second rainfall of the week has just begun—and maybe it’s because I’m old now that I’m paying attention to that, or maybe it’s because we’ve needed precipitation for MONTHS now. For a state that had major flooding last fall, North Carolina has actually been very dry in the past year. It’s a strange juxtaposition—to…
We’re preparing to move offices at my job and I’m dreading the time I’ll need to spend going through drawers and sorting out what to take, what to trash, and what to take home. So I find myself finding other projects to put my attention toward—all good and necessary things. But the date for clearing…
This was a week full of meetings for me—and despite the fact that we’ve had beautiful weather which would have been nice to be outdoors in, we’re also at the height of pollen season, so even for those of us without major allergies, being outdoors is an itchy prospect. Instead, I’ve placed myself in view…
I’ve been listening to a podcast lately from friends of mine who bought a bookshop. Their stories of the community that is building around this small shop in a small city are encouraging and their love of books is a delight. I commend their podcast to you, but even more, I commend the act of making space…
I got to talk with kids about books tonight—lots of kids who wanted stories about dinosaurs or dragons or owls or mysteries or…well, just about anything. Watching a kid get excited about a book is so much fun. Watching mom and dad see that excitement and fan the flame is even more fun. Around the…
Is it spring yet where you are? Where I live we’re almost there, but it’s still trying to figure out the whole thing. We had a school cancellation due to weather this week (not snow, but storms). And now I’ve headed north for the weekend and it’s definitely still the end of winter here. Around…
I’ve been swamped with poetry for the past week or two and will continue to be as Bandersnatch Books is running a Kickstarter to fund a children’s poetry anthology. We’re so grateful to Story Warren for highlighting the project (see below!) and so excited about the prospect of bringing something beautiful out into the world. Around the…
