More Respect In 2011! More Respect!

Our cat Sam deserves more respect in 2011. He gets dressed in pink tutus and wrapping paper and put inside boxes and stockings and backpacks. He doesn't complain as long as he gets fed, but I think 2011 should be his year of respect. Or at least his year of fame on this blog, as …

A Children’s Poetry Place

I started A Children's Poetry Place a few months back, but haven't been able to devote as much time to it as Where the Butterflies Go. Watch for more children's poetry there in 2011. You can subscribe to the feed, or even follow the blog on Networked Blogs. To end the year in style there, …

A Few of my Favourite Things: Blogging

I have found a second home here in the blogosphere, with too many benefits to mention. I started my blog a little over two years ago, but I didn't get really involved with the blogging community until my book Leap came out in February 2010. I had posted a few of the poems from my …

A Few of My Favourite Things: Breakfast for Dinner

Sometimes my favourite thing to do--while not the easiest thing to do--is letting go of my Superwoman complex. I can't do it all; I can't be all things to all people. I'm only now learning to admit and accept that. I do like to cook, but not when I have to cook. Breakfast for dinner--waffles …

A Few of My Favourite Things: Dresses and Heels

I'm a girly girl. There, I said it. Sometimes I have problems admitting it, because it seems a little weak. And I'm not weak. I like to inline skate long distances. I love to cardio box. I like to debate a point. I love to win. But the girly girl in me takes over when …