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• BookLife (PW) Review of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: "Touching, Informative Account"

  

  The BookLife review of my memoir, SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at North East Neighborhood House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has just come in and... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL at Hennepin County Libraries in Minneapolis, MN

  

  I was pleased to learn that my book SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at North East Neighborhood House, Minneapolis, MN is on order at the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MAGNIFICENT CACTI AND SUCCULENTS: The Desert Garden at the Huntington, San...

  

  Desert Garden at the Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA.When “June Gloom” blankets the Pacific coast on the west side of Los Angeles where we live, we... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2024 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT AT COLUMBUS SCHOOL, Glendale, CA

  

  Signing books at Columbus School, Glendale, CAOn Tuesday, May 28th, I had a good day at Columbus Elementary School in Glendale, California. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BOOK SIGNING AT FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY CELEBRATION, Palms-Rancho Park Library,...

  

  At my book signing table.Last week was a busy week for me with an art exhibit, two school visits, and a book signing. On Saturday, May 25th, a beautiful sunny... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TWO WEEKS IN NORWAY: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and a Few Ferries Too

  

  Norway. View of the mountains from the train between Oslo and Bergen.As our train climbed over the mountains between Oslo and Bergen, we looked out the window... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT AT GOLDEN VIEW SCHOOL, Huntington Beach, CA

  

  On May 24 I had an enjoyable visit at Golden View School in Huntington Beach, California and gave presentations to the Pre-K, K, and 1st and 2nd grade students. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MY ART ON EXHIBIT AT UCLA: The Silvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Arts and...

  

  Illustrations from A Day and Night on the Prairie (top) and A Day and Night in the Forest (bottom).I had a fun day yesterday at the Silvia Winstein UCLA... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AUTHOR VISIT AT WPC PRESCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Wiggle and Waggle sock puppets.This morning I had an enjoyable visit with the children at the Westwood Presbyterian Church Preschool, Los Angeles, California, a... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BIRD WATCHING ON RUNDE ISLAND, NORWAY: Above the Cliffs and Along the Shore

  

  Shelduck, Runde Island, Norway.Thousands of seabirds—puffins, gannets, kittiwakes, gulls and more—make their summer home on Runde Island on the west coast of... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2024 TRAVEL

• MY ART ON EXHIBIT AT UCLA MAY 21: Silvia Winstein Arts and Crafts Exhibit

  

  Fox and Porcupine, pp 16-17, A DAY AND NIGHT IN THE FORESTThe annual Sylvia Winstein Arts and Crafts Exhibit is a long-standing campus tradition. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• KOREAN TREASURES AT LACMA (the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Guest Post by...

  

  Korean Quadruple Gourd Vase, LACMAMy friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these photos in March 2024. She... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2024 TRAVEL

• BOOK SALES BENEFIT CAMP BOVEY, Article in the Northeaster Newspaper

  

  Many thanks to reporter Alex Schlee for his excellent article in the May 3rd issue of the Northeaster Newspaper in Minneapolis about my book signing event on... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• VISIT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BERGEN, Bergen, Norway

  

  In the library of the International School of Bergen with Jules Crossley-Nilsen and teacher. We are holding books that I donated to the library. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BASQUE SPAIN: Donostia-San Sebastian, Guest Post by Jennifer Arnold

  

  Jennifer in Donostia (San Sebastian) Spain.My daughter Jennifer, a professor at the University of North Carolina, recently traveled to Spain for a professional... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2024 TRAVEL

• BALD EAGLES, VOLCANOES, CAVES and More: A PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER ESCAPADE, Par...

  

  Mount Thielsen, Oregon.My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s book writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these photos in Northern California and... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2024 TRAVEL

• SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL Book Launch in Minneapolis and Camp Bovey 75th Celebration

  

  Book launch of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL at ESNS. Photo of Les Scheaffer, ESNS Director 1948-1966.I was pleased to have a good crowd at my book launch of... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LIVING FOSSILS at The Center for the Collaborative Classroom

  

  I am pleased to have my book LIVING FOSSILS: Clues to the Past included in the curriculum of the Center for the Collaborative Classroom, a nonprofit organizatio... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SCHOOL VISITS IN MINNEAPOLIS—5 Schools, 4 Days!

  

  I had a busy week in Minneapolis, April 16-19, while I was there to promote my new memoir SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL. That book, for adults, was celebrated at a... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BALD EAGLES, VOLCANOES, CAVES and More: A PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER ESCAPADE, Par...

  

  Bald Eagle, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, CaliforniaMy friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these photo... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2024 TRAVEL