A ski trip takes an unexpected detour to Wamsutter, Wyoming.
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Bigger and Better in 2019, Making the Most of What We Have
Bigger and better in 2019 will bring surprising results.
Worst Grandmother of the Day!
My one-time smoothie shop with the grands has been bulldozed to make way for a tire shop. To memorialize this demise I am recounting its connection with the day I was the worst grandmother. Enjoy! Smoothies, anyone? Along Highway 24 is a coffee kiosk that sells smoothies. It is a mile from the elementary school,…
Picture Book Teamwork: A Cinderella Story
A few years ago children’s book editor Sylvie Frank reached into a slush pile and pulled out John Sullivan’s picture book story Kitten and the Night Watchman. That Frank even read this manuscript is a little amazing. The slush pile represents unsolicited manuscripts and ranks as a low editorial priority. In the book publishing industry,…
Rocks in My Head and on My Table
A 4600-mile trip from Colorado to California and North Dakota allowed some serious meditation on rocks. In other words, there were rocks in my head during long distances! I marveled at so many rock formations that finally an epiphany came, and I declared to my driver: “God certainly loves rocks! Everything on this trip seems…