21st century

Whoa. I feel like I just joined the 21st century. Only ten years late. I got my intenet fixed at home--and so far, it's pretty fast!--and I took the leap and got DishNet, primarily and almost entirely to watch the entire Tour de France this year. However, I've already...

The Giving Tree

This blue spruce, who used to stand tall and proud in my yard, have his life Friday night keeping a giant cottonwood from smashing into my house. Here he is, after we've cleaned up most of the cottonwood, nearly crushed and at a 45-degree angle from how he used to...

Fairy Circles?

Anybody ever heard of Fairy circles before? These mysterious circles of dark, thick grass grow, sometimes containing mushrooms/toadstools, and sometimes not. We've seen them countless times in the horse pasture, and were sort of baffled by this nearly perfectly round...

The other book

I couldn't remember is Black Box, a YA story from the perspective of a girl whose sister is hospitalized for depression. It's a very interesting look at the guilt, the need to "fix," and the way mental illness can shatter a family. The protaganist, ultimately learns...

Why do we love Lisbeth Salander so much?

The Girl Who Played with Fire:Just finished it tonight. Couldn't put it down.Why do we fall right into rooting for this quicky, absolutely non-conformist, outside-the law-of society's norms, big-hearted girl? 'Cause she's a grown up Pippi Longstocking, that's...

Great summer reads and summer lists…

What do I love about summer? Let me count the ways....a break from teaching, prepping, and grading traveling with students, seeing amazing European sites with wonderful studentssleeping closer to 8 hours a nightriding my bike many more miles than during schoolreading...

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My novel Slider’s Son has been published by North Star Press! Get it here.

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Steph Borklund has completed the short film based on my novel Chasing AllieCat! It’s being submitted to film festivals and contests. Stay tuned for news!

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