I have the flu. It started on friday with severe body aches. Saturday I got a cough and started to feel a bit hot. My neck hurt. My head hur...

I had lunch with an agent a few weeks ago who told me about her agency's "no whining" rule for authors. I'm curious as to ...

Here is a great poem by Sherman Alexie that I found at Poetry Out Loud when I was looking for a poem by Langston Hughes for Black History...

I have to run to PT so I'll do a real post later! meghan

Earlier in the month, illustrator Rebecca Doughty invited Anna and I for tea at her studio. I looked forward to it with great anticipation...

As Alvina said, the Blue Rose Girls had a little getaway at Libby's this weekend. It was the first time we managed to have all of us in ...

I'm a bit bleary-eyed after a fun and satisfying Blue Rose Girls weekend in Mystic, complete with rollerskating! Awesome. Pictures and v...

A new plush has arrived! My editor at S&S made this lovely little guy. She said it was simple to make so I'm going to put the patern...

Here is a poem entitled Possibilities , which was written by one of my favorite poets, Wislawa Szymborska . She received the Nobel Prize in ...

This year I set aside some time to paint an egg for the Open Field Egg auction . It's similiar to Robert's Snow with different arti...

As promised, here are some highlights from Saturday's second and final launch party for Priscilla and the Hollyhocks . We threw the part...

Is it Monday already? Let me start off with a joke. An oldie but goodie (I first heard this from my Dad): What do George Washington, Abraham...

Some of you may remember that awhile ago a publisher rejected the author photo of me in Cuzco, Peru. I sent them a few others, including the...

I'm posting three poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar in honor of Black History Month . Sympathy I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When...

So, I've been gone on already how this is an especially new year for me ; and I have been embracing the idea of a fresh start. I've...

This one is by Kerri Kokias. He's having tea! How cute is that?

So last Saturday was the first book launch for Priscilla at the Wellesley Booksmith , a really fabulous little independent book store just ...

Laura Hamor made these great dolls! Aren't they cute? I'll post more later... have to run to work! Don't forget to read Alvina...

Many of you may know that I'm a fan of Malcolm Gladwell's The New Yorker articles, and his two books The Tipping Point and Blink ....