The Groovy Granny Has Arrived! (or: What I Didn’t See Coming)

Some of you wonderful regular readers have also been reading my children's poetry blog, A Children's Poetry Place. A few months ago, I told you I've been working on a new children's book this year. In actual fact, I've been working on this collection of poems for a decade. Two of them were in my …

A Few Kids Poems: Introducing Artist Kayla Stewart, 5

Did you guys know I write childrens' poems? I love it. In fact, my first published book was a children's e-book, Bubble Mud and Other Poems (available as a PDF file for anyone interested). The publisher no longer exists, and the rights to those poems have reverted to me. I've included some of the best …

Caption This!

Don't Blink—Day 7 Here's your Friday giggle and a challenge: caption this photo with as G a comment as you can (This blog is linked to my children's poetry site, I just want to keep things clean. Plus, it makes it more of a challenge). I can't think of anything rated PG, let alone G. …

Beyond the Picket Fence: Special Three-Frame Strip

The Mommy Monitor

She:  What's a Baby Monitor? Me:    It's something people use to make sure the baby isn't getting into any trouble. She:   We need to get you a Mommy Monitor.