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• Activities: Holiday Projects at Mrs. Saint Nick's, Ann Paul's New Blog for Her...

  

  Hand-made gifts are the best kind of presents. For some wonderful and easy-to-make holiday gifts go to the Mrs. Saint Nick, Countdown to a Stress-Free... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SKARA BRAE, a Prehistoric Stone Age Village in Scotland's Orkney Islands

  

  The ruins of Skara Brae face the Bay of SkaillOn a windswept island at the northern tip of Scotland, thick, stone walls lie half buried by the edge of the sea. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 TRAVEL

• The FOCAL Award Committee: We Have a Winner!

  

  Being on the FOCAL Award committee is a little like being in a book club. We read lots of books, talk about them–often with great passion–and then have the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Celebrating 50,000 Page Views!

  

  Hurray! Today marks a total of 50,000 all time page views of The Intrepid Tourist! Thanks to all of you who have been reading my posts! Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 TRAVEL

• FALL GALA: Children's Literature Council of Southern California (CLCSC)

  

  Last Saturday, November 9th, I attended the 52nd annual Fall Gala of the Children's Literature Council of Southern California (formerly SCCLCYP) at the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan

  

  Pyramid of the Sun, TeotihuacanOn the central plateau of Mexico, just outside Mexico City, lie the ruins of another great city, the ancient ceremonial complex o... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 TRAVEL

• Live Video of CALIFORNIA CONDORS

  

  The Ventana Wildlife Society has recently posted a live video cam of a condor feeding site near Big Sur. Carcasses are regularly provided so the large vultures... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LITERACY: PASSPORT TO THE WORLD, California Reading Association PDI at Sonoma...

  

  Caroline at the Signing TableI just got back from the California Reading Association PDI at Sonoma State (November 1-2) where I gave a talk and did a book... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FICTION OR NONFICTION: What's Best for Your Story? UCLA Extension Writer’s...

  

  My Writer's Program T-shirt!Enrollment for Winter Quarter classes in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program opens November 4, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sicily, Part II: VOLCANOES and TRAFFIC. Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Stromboli ExplosionMy friend Gretchen Woelfle recently went to Sicily and sent me this report. Part I, last week, focused on cathedrals and ancient ruins. This... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 TRAVEL

• AUTHORS AHOY! School Visits and More in Beautiful Humboldt County, CA

  

  I am just back from Eureka, CA, and the wonderful Humboldt County Children's Author's Festival--great schools, great people, great authors and illustrators,... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WANDERING THROUGH SICILY, Part I, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Mosaics, Cathedral MonrealeMy friend Gretchen Woelfle recently went to Sicily and sent me this report. Gretchen is a fellow children’s book author whose recent... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 TRAVEL

• Art Exhibit, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA

  

  I am pleased to have two of my pieces of original art for my books, A Polar Bear's World and A Walrus' World on display at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka,... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PEN Literary Awards Festival

  

  Imagine a room filled with more than 300 writers representing genres ranging from fiction, poetry, and graphic novels, to screenplays, teleplays and research... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE WELSH EISTEDDFOD - A Tournament of the National Arts, from the Memoir of...

  

  A misty morning in Wales. Photo by Carolyn T. ArnoldThink Edinburgh Fringe crossed with Glastonbury – and then think Wales – and you’ll be halfway to picturing... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 TRAVEL

• Kangaroo Coloring Page

  

  Kangaroos are giant leapers. An adult grey kangaroo can jump 30 feet (9 meters) in a single bound and leap over a fence 9 feet (2.7 meters) high! Its long, heav... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MONARCH BUTTERFLIES at the Ellwood Butterfly Grove, Goleta, CA

  

  Monarch butterfly, Ellwood Butterfly Grove, Goleta, CaliforniaAmong nature’s most incredible journeys is the annual migration of monarch butterflies. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 TRAVEL

• BREAKFAST WITH THE AUTHORS, Santa Barbara, CA

  Last Saturday, October 5th, I had the pleasure of participating in the 61st annual Breakfast With the Authors in Santa Barbara, California. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CYMRU AM BYTH - Welcome to Wales, from the Memoir of Carolyn T. Arnold

  

  Wales, Looking toward Glyn Dror, near Mold Perhaps the original intrepid tourist was Carolyn Arnold, my husband’s aunt. A single school teacher in Des Moines,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 TRAVEL

• DO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? Read to Write

  

  Caroline, Age 10When I was ten years old, I met a girl who loved to read as much as I did. We went to the library together, checked out books, and talked about... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE