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• 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

• LITLINKS GUEST POST: Our Warming Earth, Sea Ice and Krill

  

  Lit Links: An Easy Way to Find Out How Baleen Whales EatThis week at LitLinks you can find my article about how you can use my book A WARMER WORLD in... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Road to Camp Bovey

  

  Camp Bovey sign, 1961.Seventy-five years ago, under the direction of my father, Les Scheaffer, North East Neighborhood House, a settlement house in... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2024 TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL in BlueInk Review

  

  With thanks to BlueInk Review for the very nice review of my memoir SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL. (Reviewed in March 2024). From 1948 to 1966, Caroline Scheaffer... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPRING WILDFLOWER WALK on the Montclair Railroad Trail, Oakland, California

  

  Allium triquetrum on the Montclair Railroad Trail.One of our favorite walks near our house in Oakland is along the Montclair Railroad Trail. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2024 TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL in the Northeaster, Minneapolis, MN

  

  I thank Cynthia Sowden, editor at the Northeaster newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for her nice review of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BOOK SIGNING in Minneapolis, April 18th, of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: SAVE THE DATE!

  

  If you will be in Minneapolis on Thursday, April 18th, please join me from 6:30-8:00pm at East Side Neighborhood Services where I will be giving a program and... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE