It’s really a miracle that Pete Fromm survived the winter he accepted a job to maintain a salmon breeding pool way off the grid in Idaho. His job takes 0-15 minutes each day (once it’s freezing, he has to clear away ice, and once the salmon hatch, he has to check on them and count…
On the blog: A slice about cats in the Christmas tree A haiku about playing Monopoly for six hours Two haiku about the prairie landscape, here and here A haiku about warm winter days A haiku about my very old dog, Roxy And a found haiku from a current read In reading: I’ll be honest:…
On the blog: A few haiku found in quotations from NCTE A slice about taking photos of cats (with lots of photos of cats) A prairie haiku My son and husband also write haiku with me Two haiku inspired by waiting in the hall during a wrestling match The inevitable writer’s block haiku A haiku about…
On the blog: A haiku about my teenaged ambitions, as reflected by the books I’ve kept A haiku about a pomegranate Two haiku about trying to find a haiku moment in a basketball gym Three haiku about trying to avoid the obstacle of wildlife on my commute Three haiku found in hiking field notes A slice…
On the blog: A slice about my son’s new favorite book I play with Poem Generator to write haiku I attempt a traditional haiku In reading: My son and I just finished another Gordon Korman read-aloud, this one a favorite from my own teen years. In fact, we read my very own copy from 1987!…
I’ve been reading graphic novels like mad for Round 1 of Cybils judging. There are around 120 titles nominated for Graphic Novels Round 1, and I am trying to read them all! I do allow myself to abandon after 30 pages if it’s clearly not a serious contender for a finalist, and I’ll be honest:…
On the blog: Five things I always enjoy about NCTE Normally I would have written a daily learning post to share what I was learning and wondering each day at NCTE, but my hotel didn’t have free WiFi, and I discovered that I am intermittently frugal. I didn’t mind paying $2.50 for a bag of…
