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Category Archives: Children’s stories
In praise of the next generation – and the newest generation
I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to watch many, many young people become responsible, engaging, and impressive adults. I’ve experienced this with 2 sons, 21 nieces and nephews, children of our friends, and literally hundreds of my … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Life stories, Robby Robin
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Tagged children, family, happiness, parenting, raising children, Robby Robin, Writing for children
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New Year’s reflections and resolutions, 2019 version
A new year is upon us; January 1, 2019 is just a few days away. My, how time flies. As far as I know, I’m the only one in my family who makes New Year’s resolutions, although I should ask … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Life stories
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Tagged 2019, blogging, Creativity, family, friendship, happiness, inspiration, motivation, New Year's resolutions, news, perseverance, quilting, relationships, running, writing, Writing for children
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Lessons learned from watching our bird families
We have been blessed the past few summers. Bird parents of nearly every persuasion have selected our backyard for their nurseries and our feeders as their restaurant of choice. The result has been a “bird’s eye” view of bird parenting … Continue reading →
Posted in Farming, Life stories, Robby Robin
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Tagged bird feeders, bird personality, bird watching, birds, cardinals, goldfinch, hummingbirds, nuthatch, photography, Robby Robin, woodpecker, young birds
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The Case of the Missing Toys, and conundrums in writing for children
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to write a new children’s story, maybe even a series. I’ve had an idea for a new story line in mind for some time; it includes at least two children who are recent immigrants … Continue reading →
Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy April Fool’s Day, and … Happy National Poetry Month!
Yes, it’s true, aside from being both Easter and April Fool’s Day (which seems a bit unseemly, but there you go), today is the start of National Poetry Month. Especially for those of us who live where every year we … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Writing
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Tagged animals, Carol Despeaux Fawcett, children, Creativity, drawing, inspiration, national poetry month, poetry, rhyming, writing, Writing for children
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Birds really do migrate by airplane … sometimes
Last week, in the midst of this record-breaking cold snap (in a region that thought it was used to cold snaps), my husband looked out the winter and exclaimed that Robby Robin had forgotten to go south with his family … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Robby Robin
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Tagged bird migration, birds, birds in winter, children, Creativity, drawings, inspiration, No More Winters for Robby, Robby Robin, winter, Writing for children
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Diversity and inclusion in books for kids: it needs to be on the radar screen
We’ve become a lot more diverse as a population in one generation in most parts of North America, and far more so in two generations. Speaking as a representative of the grandparent generation, when I was young, outside of big … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Life stories, Writing
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Tagged Anusha of Prospect Corner, blogging, children, children's literature, Creativity, Cynthia Reyes, diversity, illustrations, Illustrations for children, inclusion, Jo Robinson, mindfulness, Myrtle the Purple Turtle, raising children, reading to children, Robby Robin, Writing for children
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Terry Tractor takes a trip
Another Hugh story, for kids 2 -5. Kids 3-5 might also like the Robby Robin stories. Terry Tractor Takes a trip A tractor named Terry lived in a barn near the sea, with his friends the horses and lots … Continue reading →
Posted in Children's stories, Hugh stories
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Tagged children, Creativity, drawing, poetry, tractors, Writing for children
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