From The 1800’s:National Today Is

Rubber Ducky Day~ the duck That Began AS A CHILD’S CHEW TOY Just a little share for the ever popular Rubber Ducky in our family and everywhere! (I don’t mean to, but I rhyme all the time heehee) The Rubber Ducky appeared on http://nationaltoday.com We have always had one, two, three, several! Being curious when…

My National Word Nerd Day Word:

Writing I choose the words COMPOSE-CREATE-COMMIT TO PAPER-PUT ON PAPER-DRAFT-THINK UP-COMPILE-RECORD-LOG-LIST-CORRESPOND to describe the word writing. Writing is a wonderful and frustrating way to express what is piling up in my head every second. THINK UP, RECORD AND CORRESPOND are probably my favorite ways of writing. I try to be creative while describing a scene…

The Writing Box

A Gift My mom has had a clever way of reusing and repurposing items since she was a little girl. She knew this shoe box decorated in a fun nautical design, angel and nature themes and cards would help to prompt my different writing style. Mom leaves a new card on my desk to place…

In A Poem

My family is my inspiration for The Death Owl My first poem book, The Death Owl, has family memories written in several poems. Their stories passed down from limb to limb in our family tree have been a great inspiration to me! Along the way, a memory gets lost in a story that is told…