Mapleton Public Library Storytime

Mapleton Public Library Storytime

This was quite a good summer day. This morning, Freya and I went to the Mapleton Public Library, where I always love to do storytime. This morning we read about dogs and baby duck and monsters under the bed! Freya, as always, was a big hit with the kids. They all got...
Newbery: The Wheel on the School

Newbery: The Wheel on the School

THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL by Meindert DeJong is a treat of old-fashioned values, hope, determination, teamwork, and redemption. This book won the Newbery in 1955, and it’s been on my reading list since I was old enough to realize there was a list of winners begun...
Screenplay

Screenplay

I am having a blast with this screenplay. The only other screenplay I’ve written was back in grad school in screen-writing class. Taking my novel and adapting it to a script is really fun. I had no idea I would enjoy it so much. It’s so easy to apply the...

Chasing AllieCat. A screenplay. Holy smoke.

So I am really doing it. I am writing a screenplay of Chasing AllieCat. Steph Borklund, who is a film director and teaches filmmaking in Missouri, wants to make a movie of my novel. I know, it could fall through. Lots can go wrong, and it might not happen; I might not...
Random images of early summer….

Random images of early summer….

I was on my bike Saturday morning and stopped to snap this shot.  The blossoms have created their own snowdrifts. The winter was so long and cold this year that I can hardly believe we really have such weather and THIS kind of snowdrift. Finally.   This...
Gearing up and gearing down!

Gearing up and gearing down!

The semester is winding down. Actually, I gave my last final today and returned research papers. I still have to grade two final exams and some last short papers/reviews, and then I’ll be done. Then: Sabbatical! I won’t be teaching until January. Wow. That...
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