Hey friends! Here's a link to a reading of my book, "Tink the Bravest Donkey," that I hope your kiddos / students at home may enjoy while at home. I am in complete awe of how teachers, librarians, parents, and all y'all educators have come together to literally change the educational landscape overnight so that... Continue Reading →
The Second!
Greetings and happy completed rotation around the sun! As we start the next lap of this bizarre, aging, linear (but also cyclical?) journey called life, I'd like to take a moment to say how deeply grateful I am to still be on this wild ride even if there have been scary, upside-down loops, the kind... Continue Reading →
It’s You, Baby
It’s morning rush hour as I inch along in my gray car on a 10-lane, gray highway beneath a swollen, gray sky. The whole world is a heavy gray and the weight of it all seems to rest right in the center of my gut which turns with a groaning sound. Start, stop, start, stop.... Continue Reading →
A Big Thing: Read Across America Day
As a writer and an anxious person, I spend a lot of time dissecting small stuff. I live for small stuff. Tiny moments. Little pieces of much bigger things. I want to see and understand every single brick because otherwise, the house won’t make sense to me. This can be annoying to others because I’ll... Continue Reading →
Gratitude. Hope. Happy New Year.
We end the last year with gratitude... Gratitude for our time together, For memories, For support, And for kindness. We begin the New Year with restored hope... Hope that kindness will continue to prevail, That love will fill our hearts, That our voices will be used for good, And that together, we will make a... Continue Reading →
A Donkumentary 