Happy Birthday to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center!
MMSC is turning 44! This excellent organization has been helping marine mammals and sea turtles for 44 years. It’s featured in my book Between Earth and Sea.
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Butterflies
When I retired from education, I had a penchant for butterflies. I told myself, family, friends, and acquaintances that butterflies reflected growth and change. I wasn’t retiring, I said. I was transforming. I was convinced at the time that I was emerging into my true self. It’s been a journey. My life has been changing.…
Animal Breathing
Our high-functioning autistic daughter told us one time that she couldn’t do a sleepover where there wasn’t an animal breathing in the house. At the time, we shook our heads in disbelief, our hopes of social growth diminishing quickly. She has an uncanny gift with animals and has been dubbed the “animal whisperer” in our…
Nanowrimo 2021
November is National Novel Writing Month, hence the name – NANOWRIMO. It’s a challenge for all levels of writers. I have found that it’s a great challenge and it gives me a deadline to PRODUCE writing. The 2021 challenge for me is to write the beginning draft of Verdant, the 5th novel in The Green…
Bleak November?
I often hear from friends that they hate the month of November. The crisp Autumn air has started to chill. The colorful leaves have fallen to the ground. My friends dislike the monochromatic palette of November, but I am the opposite. I have always felt that November is a passionate month. The clouds are aswirl…