Fan Mail Wednesday #78-80 (Thursday Edition)
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Family, Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones, Uncategorized | No Comments »My apologies -- bloggy weirdness going on with my typeface below, but I've already spent too much time trying to fix it. The truth is, I'm not good at letting these things go (I like my i's dotted and my ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #76 (Tuesday Edition)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Uncategorized | No Comments »A few things first. 1) This is my 400th post since I started this massive distraction blog back in May 2008. Wow, that's an average of 3.67 blog posts per day! Oh, wait . . . 2) I'm heading off to Seneca ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #74-75
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm feeling pushed these days -- mostly in a good way -- so it's hard to get to these letters. The demands of standard mail can be time-consuming and expensive. I'll admit it: sometimes I get behind and never catch ...
Scared of Santa, Revisited
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Uncategorized | No Comments »No, I don't know why good, sane, well-intentioned people do this to their children. This guy terrifies even me -- I keep thinking he should have a lit Chesterfield and a glass of bourbon in his hands, not an innocent lamb. I ...
A tribute to the dash in the poetry of Emily Dickinson — plus, yes — a reminder — it’s not too late to bake your cake for National Punctuation Day!
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »I'm a day late on this one, as usual. And -- oh, rats! -- just as I feared -- a dollar short. Yesterday was National Punctuation Day. Sorry if you missed it. As an author, I tend to think of ...
Hodge-Podge Books Closing Its Doors
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, Jigsaw Jones, Uncategorized | No Comments »My local newspaper, the Albany Times-Union, ran an article today on a local legend of sorts, Frank Hodge, who has successfully operated the independent bookstore, Hodge-Podge Books, for the past 27 years. Written by Chris Churchill, it begins: ALBANY -- By now ...
Color Me . . . Inspired
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Fun Clips, Interviews & Appreciations, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Like many of you, I have a number of blogs or websites that I return to again and again. One of my favorites, which I encourage you to check out, is Color Me Katie. I'm not sure how I found it, ...
My Life as a Fashion Trendsetter: Brad and I
Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Family, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »On our recent family vacation to the Southwest, we hit some unexpected nasty weather in Taos, New Mexico. Middle of April: Snow. Yuck. Our plan for that day had been to see the Taos Pueblo, take a hike down a ...
New Dylan Song: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Music, Uncategorized | No Comments »Fans of Bob Dylan were happy yesterday to learn that his new song, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," was made available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Offer expires at midnight tonight (I think), so as they say in the old advertising game: Don't ...
Top 100 Picture Books of All Time
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The spectacular Betsy Bird over at Fuse #8 needs your help. She's conducting a poll to determine -- for once and for all, so we can finally put this debate behind us and get back to the real work of ...