All those cold winter days melting into memory. But I feel like I have to account for them. What was I doing?A little bout of appendicitis reminded me in the most powerful way of the gift of good health, something to be grateful for every day. Getting excited about our new book Begin with a Bee (written with … [Read more...] about Waking Up to Spring
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Four months til May
Illustrator Claudia McGehee, writers Liza Ketchum, Phyllis Root, and I are so excited that our book--Begin with a Bee--will also come out into the world in May. There will be celebrations and much reading and sharing. We are in deep winter, deep beautiful winter. But under our frozen ground sleep rusty-patch bumble … [Read more...] about Four months til May
The Power of One Book
I was recently reading books by the wonderful and prolific writer Eloise Greenfield (at least 45 children's books published). Her book Night on Neighborhood Street (illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrest) changed the way I understood what children's books can be. They don't all have to have a "story"--problem encountered, … [Read more...] about The Power of One Book
Season of Bees
It’s the season of pulling out tomato plants and taking down bean towers. It’s the season of very few bees. And I’m wondering if the bumble bee queens in our yard have gone to their nests, tucked in for cold weather. Wherever the bees and butterflies are, I hope they are safe. I’m leaving a few flower stalks and brush … [Read more...] about Season of Bees
Launch Party for Creekfinding at Prairie Lights
(NOTE: This party was held March 4, 2017). Originally published by Little Village Magazine, Iowa City/Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Posted by Genevieve Trainor | Mar 3, 2017 | Arts & Entertainment - Article reproduced here with the permission of the editors of Little Village Magazine.Several years ago -- or, in … [Read more...] about Launch Party for Creekfinding at Prairie Lights
Come With Me
It's not that I've forgotten about this conversation, it's that I wasn't sure what to do with it. I started this blog when my mind was full of the Tibetan plains and chiru and endangered species. I'm still interested in endangered species and those who work to save such creatures, but I'm also interested in the food … [Read more...] about Come With Me
