Global Reading Challenge
As so many significant events in my life, it happened at the library. It all started with a stack of bookmarks printed with a list...
Ambassador Kate DiCamillo at Seattle Public Library
Kate DiCamillo has a Southern accent. I did not expect this because I do not hear it in the lyrical rhythms of her wide-eyed fiction....
Enter the Monkey King
I’m the queen of the #momfail, which makes me especially proud of this Monkey King costume I made my daughter for Halloween a few years...
Doe Bay Tradition
In the late 1930's, Lewis and Eunice drove from their home in Arizona up the coast to Washington state, where they visited a relative -...
A Weekend in the Hoh
People from all over the world dream of traveling to see the natural environment in which I live. This year I too finally, finally, saw...