I went to a poetry writing workshop a few weeks ago at Bookshop Santa Cruz. The teacher was drawing prompts from a few picture books. One of those books was this one, and another one I’ll have up during 31 in 31 as well! In this book by Alice Walker, the action is flipped around.…

Hey everyone! I thought I’d post my book club’s thoughts on the book we read last month, which was actually two books, Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang. Here’s my review, from my instagram book review account: THE BOOKS: Boxers and Saints by Gene Lung Yang, published in 2014 by First Second. Wow. Gene…

Hey everyone! Here’s the report from week two of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: not as long as usual because I was in LA two days for work, which meant my commute was 5 minutes. I did have to drive to and from the airport (Santa Cruz to San…

I love libraries. When I was moving around the country in my early twenties, the first thing I’d do when I got somewhere new was to get a library card! I still have all the little tags on an old keyring of all the libraries that used to be mine J For now, my library…

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you had to work REALLY hard to save up for it? When I was a kid, my siblings and I did. We wanted a Fisher Price 3 in 1 activity table. It was a pool table, air hockey table, and ping pong table all in one, but…

How are you at following directions? I’m not very good. Sure, I’ll follow directions that keep me safe, and I’m not a trouble maker, but the second I’ve worked with something and get comfortable with it, I’m always trying to put my creative spin on it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s always…

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Today’s Friday Five:books I read a ton as a kid. It’s on my mind because my Mom just sent them to me. They’re so worn out and lovely I just had to share. And there may be more than 5. Sue me if you’d like; you won’t get much 🙂 OK,…

When I was little, I had many dreams. I REALLY wanted to make a vending machine. I have no idea why. I’d only seen vending machines at my school, but for some reason I thought they were really cool. I’d collect cardboard boxes and string and I spent hours trying to figure out how I…

Hey everyone! First, let me say I had A BLAST! reading poetry aloud everyday in September. I’m almost done the Billy Collins book. When I finish, I will update that post with my FAVORITE poems 🙂 That way I can keep everything in the same place. Here is my poetry book for this month, featuring…

Everybody knows someone that just rubs them the wrong way. We’re convinced that this person is this, that, or the other. We just know we don’t like them. This happened at one conference I attended. I was in an intensive and one woman kept chiming in with comments. I don’t mind comments when they further…