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• REVIEW IN KIRKUS of KEEPER OF THE LIGHT

  

  KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog (Cameron Kids/Abrams, April 12, 2022)The first review of KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• KING TIDE RENDEZVOUS IN OREGON Guest Post by Caroline Hatton at The Intrepid...

  

  Bandon Beach, Oregon, December sunsetMy friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline Hatton went on this trip in December 2021and took the photos in this... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2022 TRAVEL

• ZOOM VISIT WITH KINDERGARTENERS in Redlands, CA

  

  This morning I had a wonderful virtual visit with Mrs. Huynh’s kindergarten class in Redlands, California. The children have planted a garden and my visit was a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE MONARCHS ARE BACK: A Visit to the Coronado Butterfly Preserve, Goleta, CA

  

  Monarch Butterflies. Coronado Butterfly Preserve, Goleta, CAIn early February, Art and I did a short trip to Santa Barbara, about two hours north of our home... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2022 TRAVEL

• ACCESS BOOKS: Creating School Libraries

  

  Last Saturday I volunteered, along with dozens of other literacy enthusiasts many of them high school students, to sort books, label them, and prepare them for ... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DISCOVERING COLORFUL PUBLIC ART ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, Guest Post by...

  

  Mural in Balmy Alley, San Francisco, CAI thank my friend Karen Minkowski, a frequent contributor to The Intrepid Tourist, for her report on some of the amazing... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 TRAVEL

• ADVANCE COPY: KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco...

  

  KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog(Cameron Kids/Abrams)TA-DAH! My first advance copy of KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SAN CLEMENTE BEACH TRAIL: A Walk at the Edge of the Pacific

  

  Beach trail at San Clemente State Beach, CaliforniaOn a recent Sunday, when the temperature was in the 70s and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky (a perfect... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2022 TRAVEL

• SNOWSHOEING TO CRATER LAKE, OREGON, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton at The Intrepi...

  

  Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, in the middle, is a volcanic cinder cone. My friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline Hatton, a frequent contributo... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2022 TRAVEL

• SLJ Review of PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6

  

  The first review is in for my book PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6 and it's a good one! It's from School Library Journal. I am so pleased! Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WEEKEND IN MORRO BAY ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST: Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  Morro Bay is known for Morro Rock, an ancient volcanic mound at the end of Morro Rock Beach. The rock sits within Morro Bay State Park, home to lagoons, trails... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2022 TRAVEL

• Miniature Model Garden: Perfect Companion for My New Book PLANTING A GARDEN IN...

  

  Depiction of Farmer McGregor's garden in the Tale of Peter RabbitA miniature garden featuring a scene from the Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter is a... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK, SAN DIEGO, CA: Hiking and Native American...

  

  My brother Tom Scheaffer loves the outdoors and often goes hiking near his home in San Diego. I thank him for sharing his photos and report of a recent visit... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2022 TRAVEL

• GLOFARI AT THE OAKLAND ZOO, CA: Spectacular Larger-Than-Life Animal Lanterns

  

  Glofari at the Oakland Zoo displays realistically detailed larger-than-life animal lanterns.Giant animal lanterns glow in the dark like creatures in a... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2022 TRAVEL

• REMEMBERING FLOYD COOPER, JR, 1956-2021, Author/Illustrator

  

  Author/Illustrator Floyd Cooper, Jr.Floyd Cooper, Jr., 1956-2021, whose paintings and stories transformed people's lives, was remembered by family, friends,... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, NAMIBIA: Okaukuejo Waterhole

  

  Okaukuejo Waterhole, Etosha National Park, NamibiaMy friend and fellow children’s book writer Sara Kras spent much of the past year living in Namibia. Here she... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2022 TRAVEL

• Celebrating 40 Years with Andrea Brown

  

  Forty years ago Andrea Brown began the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and I became one of her first authors. I had already published a few books, but I knew that... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA: Rock Cut Churches and Christmas Celebration, Guest Post by...

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 52Pilgrims came to Lalibela from all over Ethiopia--by plane, bus, car, van, donkey, and on foot.My friend, Kathryn Mohrman, an avid and... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2021 TRAVEL

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Beautiful Christmas Plates from Germany

  

  When my husband Art was in high school he was an exchange student, living for a year with a family in Berlin, Germany. It was the beginning of a life-long... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2021 TRAVEL

• Happy Holidays!

  

  When Art was in high school he was an exchange student, living for a year with a family in Berlin, Germany. It was the beginning of a life-long friendship. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE