I actually LIKE moving: throwing things away, making a new start in a new place, changing the chi. Or maybe it's more atavistic: moving ...

I’m in a wintry mood today. At Wild Rose Reader , I posted three pictures I took from my bedroom window after the big snowstorm we had in De...

I was ecstatic last week when I got news that Grace had won a Newbery Honor Award for her wonderful fantasy novel Where the Mountain Meets ...

Author Katie Davis chose Lissy's Friends as one her picks for Inspirational Stories for Kids! (if you liked this, please comment on th...

In keeping with my resolutions this year I am doing more art not related to book projects. Here is a portrait of our cat Wilbur I painted t...

First of all, I added a few pictures to my ALA Midwinter post when I cross-posted it on my personal blog. Check it out here . And here...

I enjoy reading poems about poetry. Here's one I found yesterday when I was looking for a poem to post for this Poetry Friday . I Leave ...

So Sunday night, the evening before the big award announcements , Alvina and I (with friend Jon & Squatchie) had dinner. Throughout the ...

Another big congratulations to all the winners this year, HURRAH! Most especially of course to Grace for winning a well deserved honor, and ...

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon won the Newbery Honor!!!!!!

I'm writing this post on Sunday night in my hotel room in Boston while watching the Golden Globes. I've been here since Friday for t...

Our local bookstore (Bank Square books) has a big table of ARCs -- lots of places (A Libris, for one) sell these, even though it's illeg...

Winter Dusk by Walter de la Mare Dark frost was in the air without, The dusk was still with cold and gloom, When less than even a shadow cam...

This year's American Library Association's mid-winter conference will be in Boston, a short drive from Northampton, so I'll be ...

Yes, I do have a problem keeping up with email (as I've mentioned here ), but I seem to have an even tougher time keeping up with snail ...

I'm in winter mode today at Blue Rose Girls and Wild Rose Reader . A Country Boy in Winter By Sarah Orne Jewett The wind may blow the s...

I"m doing different themes. This is the graffiti /Brooklyn theme. I might do painted cars next. Hopefully, if all goes well, these will...

So, it's a new year and this year I've decided to import a Canadian Squatchie. I really think I could use one around the house. They...

I like Alvina's declaration that this will be the year of "no guilt", so I will expand on that and say that for me I hope 2010...