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• SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL at ALA, Displayed in the Combined Book Exhibit

  

  SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL displayed at the ALA Combined Book Exhibit, June 2025With many thanks to Colleen Paeff for stopping by the Combined Book Exhibit booth at... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ROAD TRIP TO THE ITALIAN ALPS: Bergamo, Valle Camonica, Lake Iseo

  

  View from our room in Capo de Ponte, Italy.In early June, after spending four days in Milan, we rented a car and did a short driving trip to the Italian Alps. I... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2025 TRAVEL

• PTEROSAURS, Winged Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age: A Visit with Eudimorphodon in...

  

  Caroline at the Eudimorphodon exhibit at the Natural History Museum, Bergamo, Italy.In 2003, when I was researching my book PTEROSAURS: Rulers of the Skies in... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FOUR DAYS IN MILAN, ITALY: The Duomo, Museums, Cimitero Monumentale, Canals,...

  

  Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, Milan, Italy. Milan is the bustling center of modern Italian design and fashion. Even babies in their strollers are well-dressed. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2025 TRAVEL

• ESPRESSO MACHINE ETCHING FROM 1965: Memories from My Years at Grinnell College

  

  Coffee House in the Forum, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 1965.In the spring of 1965 there was a new student center on the campus of Grinnell College--the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ALA COMBINED BOOK EXHIBIT: Look for SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL!

  

  This year the annual American Library Association convention is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, as usual, the exhibit hall will be filled with publishers'... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY IN OXFORD, ENGLAND: Guest Post by Jennifer Arnold

  

  View of Oxford from the top of the tower of St. Mary.With many thanks to my daughter Jennifer for her excellent report of her recent trip to London with my... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2025 TRAVEL

• TOOTLE—Learning to STAY ON THE TRACKS, NO MATTER WHAT! Memories of Childhood

  

  TOOTLE was a favorite Golden Book of my childhood. Tootle is a baby train, who along with other young train engines goes to train school to learn skills such... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A WEEK IN LONDON: Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, Charles Dickens and...

  

  Houses of Parliament, London.With many thanks to my daughter Jennifer for her report of her recent trip to London with my grandson, who met her there during... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2025 TRAVEL

• LISTEN TO RECORDINGS OF MY BOOKS ON AUDIBLE: Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Skeletons

  

  I just discovered that several of my books are available to listen to at Audible on Amazon. If you like to listen to books while you are jogging, working in... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CANARY ISLANDS NATURE TOUR, Part 3: Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  Gran Canaria. View down the ravine with sow thistle.My friend Susan Kean and her partner George recently visited the Canary Islands on a nature tour. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2025 TRAVEL

• SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL and BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 at the Pioneer Bookshop,...

  

  At the Pioneer Bookshop, Grinnell Iowa, with my book SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL.I was pleased to be one of more than a dozen Grinnell College alumni with books on... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CANARY ISLANDS NATURE TOUR, Part 2: Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  View from the top of crater over to Las Palmas. Canary Islands.My friend Susan Kean and her partner George recently toured the Canary Islands on a nature tour. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2025 TRAVEL

• MY ART ON DISPLAY AT UCLA, at the Annual Silvia Winstein UCLA Arts and Crafts...

  

  On Tuesday, May 20th, I was one of 27 artists exhibiting at the annual Silvia Winstein UCLA Arts and Crafts Exhibit. I showed prints of my cut-paper book... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CANARY ISLANDS NATURE TOUR, Part 1: Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  Gran Canaria, Canary IslandsMy friend Susan Kean and her partner George recently toured the Canary Islands on a nature tour. I thank her for sharing her... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2025 TRAVEL

• HEMP IMPRESSIONS – AN EXHIBITION AT THE CORVALLIS MUSEUM (OREGON) Guest Post by...

  

  Hemp textile artworks. Left: mulch by Lucas Mazurik, et al. right: Orchid's Keeper's Bag by Sandra Starkey.My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2025 TRAVEL

• ROCK ART BY ANCIENT AMERICANS: Activities for the Classroom

  

  Rock art (petroglyphs) at Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, Nevada.At Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas, Nevada, and at many other places in the American West, ancient... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• EASTER ISLAND: The Perfect Book to Read During AAPI HERITAGE MONTH

  

  The month of May is Asian American Pacific IslanderHeritage Month, celebrating the community’s contributions to the cultural, social, and political fabric of... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPRINGTIME IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Flowers and Sunshine

  

  Coastal manroot, a common wildflower along the northern California coast.In mid-April I spent a week in Humboldt County in northern California, home of... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2025 TRAVEL

• RED ROCK CANYON, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Towering Rocks, Hiking Trails, Ancient Rock...

  

  Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, Nevada.Just outside the bustling city of Las Vegas, Nevada, is Red Rock Canyon, a conservation area with monumental rocks, miles of... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2025 TRAVEL