I've been a very bad blogger this year, mainly because of this , of course. But G's treatments are now done, and we...

          At the end of 2012, I talked about burn out . Well, I started this year feeling re-energized (although very busy, still!), a...

          This is my first post of the New Year, and as usual, I've made a bunch of new New Year's Resolutions. I wasn't a...

          Happy Thanksgiving, all! I'm still technically on vacation until tomorrow, and I must say, I'm still recovering from...

          fallen trees in Prospect Park after Hurricane Sandy I spent much of last week glued to the news on TV and online as hor...

            Happy Fall, all! We've had relatively gorgeous Fall weather in NY, aside from one wintry day, and some gloomy rain. Th...

I spoke at the SCBWI Michigan Fall conference in Detroit this past Friday and Saturday--it was a wonderfully-organized and a...

           Earlier this summer, I read this article in the Atlantic and it really struck a nerve. It was written by a Princeton profes...

After a busy summer, us Blue Rose Girls are committed to posting regularly again. While students and teachers are going Back...