Today is January 1, and I am launching several challenges and events for writers and visual artists. Participate in any or all of the challenge events for a chance to win an autographed copy of my picture book The Donkey’s Song at the end of January–in 31 Days. In February, I’ll add other challenges–#14DayPBChallenge and…
Category: Daily Writing Habit
Read to Write – A Challenge for 2023
This time of year, I always reflect on what I do and do not want to do in the coming year, and then I name my goals and resolutions for the New Year. Perhaps more than any other year before this one, I plan to Reach for the Stars in 2023. You see, in 2022,…
The Cocoon Harvest – by William Hamilton Gibson
The Cocoon Harvest December 29 [From Gibson’s Sharp Eyes: A Ramblers Calendar of Fifty-Two Weeks Among Insects, Birds and Flowers – Originally Published in 1898 and illustrated by William Hamilton Gibson Author and Illustrator.] NOW is the time to lay up your store of cocoons, looking to those beautiful moths of next: June; and there…
Sharp Eyes – A Rambler’s Calendar: 52 Weeks Among Insects, Birds, and Flowers – William Hamilton Gibson – 1898
Don’t Just Look — See! April 7 – Quickening Seeds and Seedlings
How to Annotate & Highlight a Book and Why?
October is going to be an amazing month for me. Alluding to Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting, October of 2022 is at the tip-top of the Ferris Wheel of My Life. On October 18, 2022, my debut picture book The Donkey’s Song will be released to bookstores everywhere. I am teaching writing in college, and I’m about to begin a…
Let’s Take a Deep Dive into Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes
Let’s Take a Deep Dive into Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. Let’s Read to be Amazed. October is going to be an amazing month for me. Alluding to Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting, October of 2022 is at the tip-top of the Ferris Wheel of My Life. On October 18, 2022, my debut picture…
If You Were A Crayon, What Color Would You Be? – Free Writing Prompt
Memoir Mondays Free Writing Prompt for September 24, 2022: If You Were A Free Crayon, What Color Would You Be? Why? Note: As I marvel at all the wonderful names that the Crayola Company has devised to name its various sticks of color, I am reminded of the importance of being specific when we write….
Let’s Write a Few Words about Our Childhood Homes
How to Participate in Memoir Mondays: All of you need to get a cheap, black-speckled journal at Walmart, Dollar General, or wherever else. If you already have a journal, that’s okay, too. But toward the end of the year, I’ll share tips for decorating and altering a simple composition book to turn it into an…
Remembering the Era of World War II When Life Was Yankee Doodle Dandy
I’ve been writing my Memoir for several years, and about seven years ago, I wrote the post at the bottom of this one. This past week, with the passing of Queen Elizabeth, I have been reminded that in many ways, we are watching the end of an era pass. Since my own mother is only…
How to Create A Journal and Goal-Setting Book for Students & Writers
I am teaching Writing about Literature to College Freshmen This Year, and I Love My Job! But yesterday was the final date for 2 assignments to be submitted, and — you guessed it, I was forced to give some students the grade of zero. Keep guessing — Yes! Today, some of those students were begging…