Writing Crap

Kittens in a basket: because a basket of kittens makes everything better. You know when it's just not working? You're putting in you...

Reading is....

...experiencing the thunderstorm from a place of safety   My baby daughter stood at the window watching the rain fall, listening to the thun...

My So-Called Teenage Life Blog Hop

It's here! It's here! Below is my entry, as originally written, all typos included. Brace yourselves. And bear with me. I was fiftee...

Summer Survival

Summer is here and life in our house has gone from crazy-but-manageable to haywire. Part of it, I'm sure, is because I haven't perf...

I Recommend: Spoon & Chopsticks

There are a lot of small people in my house, so I've become quite an avid picture book admirer.  Here are two books I've come across...

Heartbreak

I found out last week that a good friend of ours from China had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. He and his wife were living in Texas ...

Andrew Fukuda: THE HUNT

Oh, you guys. This is such a special author interview for me because ... okay, I'm almost hyperventilating with excitement here ... I we...

Giving Voice Blogfest: Our Story

I will tell it briefly. Our story begins when it was only me in high school visiting a Chinese orphanage and finding a baby a cleft lip and ...